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Twenty-Seventh Year
MEDFOlil), OREGON. TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1W2
Xo. 30.
The Weather
Forecast: Tonight and Wed net
day, unsettled and coot; probably
with showers.
Highest yesterday - ,,,, 51
Lowest 'this morning 4U
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V
Comment
on the
Day's News
By FHAXK JENKINS
CAPONE, Jailed gangster, ollera to
obtain the return of the Lind
bergh baby If Colonel Lindbergh will
obtain his release from prison lor
that purpose. .
Thus strengthening the suspicion
that the baby was stolen Ca
pone's henchmen with the Idea 01
trading It for Capone's liberty.
CHARLES G. DAWES tells the re
porters In Washington that times
are beginning to get better, thua
Joining company with a large crew
of big men who have aald the same
thing.
All of them, sad to say. had to eat
their words later on.
THIS writer, speaking for hlmseli
alone, has more confidence In
Dawes' opinions than In those that
have gone before largely. In all
probability, because of faith that
Dawes wouldn't say it If he didn't
believe It.
((w TNDER the Influence of the re
construction finance corpo
ration." he says, "bank failures have
been checked. We. In our positions,
are realizing that there Is a marked
change in the situation. The banks
are beginning to make loans."
THAT. If true. Is EXCEEDINGLY
significant. If the banks, through
out the country, are beginning to
make loans again, it la a algn that
confidence is beginning to return.
If confidence returns, business
will Improve.
PERHAPS youhave asked yoursell
this question: "Why didn't busi
ness begin to Improve as soon as
the reconstruction finance corpora
tion act was passed?"
Did you ever notice that after a
long drouth the first rain has very
little effect? It settles the dust for
a few hours, of course, but by the
next day the ground seems as dry
as ever.
It is only after repeated rains have
had time to sosk the earth thor
oughly that the grass begins to grow
again.
THE reconstruction finance corpo
ration act was the first rain
alter a long financial drouth. Its
effects COULDN'T be Immediate.
Time has to be allowed for soaking
up the parched ground of business.
After It begins to get soaked up,
the grass ought to begin to grow.
PERHAPS you have heard often, as
this writer haa. this statement:
"Oh, the railroads and the big
banks and big business generally
will get all the reconstruction fi
nance corporation money. It won't
benefit the little fellow any."
That isn't a fair statement. It
wouldn't be made by an Intelligent
person who took the time to think
the situation out clearly.
WHEN the railroads get reconstruc
tion finance corporation money,
they are enabled to make extensions
and improvements and repairs to
their property.
Making extensions and repairs and
Improvements CREATES JOBS.
-
WHEN the big banks get recon
struction finance corporation
money, they are enabled to extend
credit to their customers, whereas
If they HADN'T been able to get
It they COULDN'T.
Extension of needed credits to
sound business concerns makes it
possible for these concerns to csrry
on their business on a more ex
tensive scale, thus PROVIDING
JOBS.
I And so it Is with big business,
which must have operating capital
before it can extend Ita operations,
thus providing employment.
no, TOU SEE. the reconstruction
flnsnce corporation. If It func
tions as It Is Intended to function,
really WILL help us little fellows
after all. It will help to make
possible the providing of Jobs tor
those who need Jobs, snd sa more
Jobs are provided for those who
have no Jobs now. buying power
will be Increased and those who
have things to sell. Including the
farmer, will find their markets Im
proved V
Williamson Given
5 Year Pen Term
TACOMA. April 26 )AP Roy
Williamson. 33. fisherman of the
Winchester bay nvt ion tn Orreon.
a sentenced to five years In prison
and fined $1100 in suprrior court
here yesterday after he had been
convicted of robbltm the Lebam.
n'ash , ponoffice of tibO.
TODAY'S VOTE TO
IF
Massachusetts and Pennsyl
vania Ballot to Determine
Supremacy Between Gov.
Roosevelt and Al Smith
MASHPEE, Mass., April 26. (AP)
Roosevelt pledged candidates for del
egates at large to the Democratic
convention led Smith pledged candi
dates by margins averaging two to
one In the primary vote cast today In
this little Cape Cod town.
OKLAHOMA CITY. April 26. (AP)
Oklahoma's 25 votes in the Repub
lican national convention were tag
ged definitely today for the renoml
natlon of President Hoover and Vice
President Curtis.
The party's state convention here
yesterday' was of one mind In in
structing Its national delegation and
In condemning the Democratic state
administration of Governor William
H. (Alfalfa Bill) Murray.
WASHINGTON. April 36. (AP)
On the voting front In Massachu
setts and Pennsylvania was tested to
day the bold challenge of Alfred E.
Smith against Franklin D. Roosevelt's
Imposing bid for the presidential
nomination.
Primaries in both states faced the
voters with a direct choice between
the two candidates. The balloting
was the climax to a campaign which,
many observers believed, held the
fortunes of the entire movement
(Continued on page two)
NEW REED TIL
DECISION SLATED
ERE WEEK E
Decision on Vie motion for a new
trial for Albert W. Reed. Denver,
serving a life sentence In state prison
on conviction of participation In the
murder of Victor Knott, Ashland po
liceman, last November, will be
handed down by Circuit Judge H. D.
Norton ere the end of the week T.he
time limit for filing an appeal, if
necessary, to the state supreme court
expires Saturday and the ruling of
the court will be made before that
time.
Arguments were completed also
yesterday on motions for a new trial
for Earl H. Fehl and the Pacific
Record-Herald In a libel action, and
Prof. C. Englehardt of Eagle Point,
under $250 fine for conviction of as
sault and battery upon a neighbor.
Aa In the Reed plea, alleged prejudice
and misconduct of Jurors are used
as a basis for new hearings.
In the Reed case argument, the
state contended that the alleged mis
conduct of Mrs. Myrtle GeBauer, a
Jury woman, In visiting the scene
of the crime constituted no grounds
for a new trial: that the element of
surprise set forth by the defense was
not grasped when defense failed to
move for a continuance, when Roy
Laymon gave his testimony; that the
new evidence cited by the defense
was "cumulative." and fiat diligence
had not been undertaken In present
ing it at the first trial, and that al
leged errors of the court n Instruc
tions were not shown.
Attorney Gua Newbury, In argu
ments for Reed, flayed Mrs. GeBauer
for visits to the crime spot, and
charged that "perjured evidence was
submitted to keep an Innocent man
in the penitentiary."
. In the Englehardt pica It was con
tended that two of the Jurors B. J.
(Continued on Page Five)
FIVE LOSE LIVES
NASHVILLE. Oft., April 26 (AP)
Five persons were killed today as
a tornado wrecked three homes In
a farming district seven miles south
east of Nashville.
Those dead, all whites, are:
Mrs. Everett Qasktns and two
von:;j . tren.
The young ion of Clarence Padgett.
The i g son Joe Harrell.
The tornado wrecked numerous
barns and uprooted trees.
The tornado did not strike Nash
ville, although there was a high
wind and heavy rainstorm here.
FINCH BECOMES CHIEF
OF 0,W. RAPID CO.
PORTLAND. April 26 A Fred
erick N. Finch, for the past 11 years
ffcnersl superintendent of the Ore-son-Whlneton
Railroad A; NarlK.t-
; tion company, will suTevl Jam? P
1 O Brlr n as tre:iral nianaaer of ihe
! line May 1. when O Brien rttrm un
: der tle Union Pacific prnAlon plan.
' having reached his 70th year.
Ti. announcement was made last
n;;tU uv t'ninn P-M!lo, u-;?raf or of
iiie o.-w. r i a.
QUESTIONED IN
'If.. : VyY i
Mrs. Jessie M. Kelth-Miller, Australian aviainx, ins Capt. A. N.
Lancaster, former British flier, were held by Miami, Fla., authorities
for Investigation following the death of Haden Clarke, aviator and free
lance writer, who was fatally hot. Each expressed the belief Clarke had
taken his own life. The three were living In the same house In Miami.
Mra. Kelth-Mlller and Lancaster are shown above.
FRUIT SECTIONS
FREIGHT SLASH
YAKIMA, Wash., April 26. ( AP)
A petition for a reduction of freight
rates on apples and pears to $1 a
hundred pounds, with the loadings
on the same minimum. Is under con
sideration by western railroads, fol
lowing a meeting here Monday of
fruit growers and shippers of Oregon
and Washington witti railroad repre
sentatives. Showing a determined front, the
fruit men declared a cut In rates
could Bave the industry frorn "wrack
and ruin." The Great Northern,
Northern Pacific and Union Pacific
said the petitions will be taken un
der advlBement. .
The four great fruit regions of
Medford and The Dalles, Ore., and
Yakima and We na tehee, Wash., were
represented at the meeting.
The fruit men endorsed ft north
west rate committee composed of the
Giairmen of committees representing
the four districts, and a Seattle man
connected with the Industry. This
committe was directed to use all
speed In contracting tonnage and
pushing efforts for a rate cut.
4
BASEBALL
RESULTS
American
Washington . - 5 7 1
New York 6 10 I
Crowder, Ragland, Burke, Marberry
and Berg. Spencer; Pennock, Ruffing
and Dickey.
Boston 10 10 6
Philadelphia 3 6 3
Durham and Berry; Grove, Rommel
and Cochrane.
Cleveland at St. Louis; Chicago at
Detroit, postponed; cold.
National
All games postponed; rain and cold.
E
E
PHOENIX. Ariz., Aplrl 36. UP)
A thorough investigation of 13-year-old
Bobby Merrell's story that he
"must have been dreaming" when he
shot his father to death and wound
ed his mother and younger brother
will be made by officers of his court,
Juvenile Judge J. C. Niles aald to
day. The elder Merrell was killed and
his wife and 11-year-old son, Charles,
wounded Sunday night when Bobby
ran amuck with a revolver in the
Merrell home. After the shooting,
Bobby saddled hla pony and came to
Phoenix, being found here yesterday
near the stockyards.
I must have been dreaming." he
told County Attorney Lloyd J. An
drews. "I wouldn't have done any
thing to hurt them. I must have
been asleep. I don't know why X did
It."
SEATTLE, April 26. (API Earl
Campbell, graduate manager of the
University of Washington, announced
tortsy that unless financial relief can
i be obtained immediately the Huky
baseball team will be unable to open
; Its playing season this week in the
! Pacific conference and other spring
! fport nrhedulejt at the aliool will
j rime to be temporarily suspended.
J Oregnn Meal her.
L'n.vt:!rd and cool tonight and
WednMlay, probably with howers
I Aoutliwrat portion: moderate change
I Me wind offbhore.
FRIEND'S DEATH
Assooiatad Prsw Photo
17,328 VOTERS OF
COUNTY LISTED AS
REGISTRY CLOSES
Registered voters In J'tson county
number 17.428. according to figures
compiled by the county clerk's office
today. Tills Is a 25 per cent Increase
over the registered vote for the 1930
general election, and the heaviest
registration In the history of the
county. The 1930 registration waa
13.925.
The registration by parly la a fol
lows: 1033 1930
Republican .. 11.374 0.669
Democrat . 5.626 3,654
.The Democrat gained 1972, and
the Republicans 1505 voters.
The minor parties suffered losses,
In accordance with their strength In
the registering. The Prohibition party
here ahrank from 36 to 23, a loss of
13, and the miscellaneous registrants
from 605 to 334. a shrinkage of 171.
Before the books closed Democratic:
warhorses of these parte claimed a
gain of 5000 votes, owing to the al
leged deep disgust with President
Hoover. It Is estimated that the
Bourbon Increase la due to country
and Ashland Republicans desiring to
participate in the Democratic nomi
nating primary for county offices.
The Democratic vote la now nearly aa
large aa when Woodrow Wilson ran
for president on a "kept us out of
war" platform.
Throughout the entire registration
period, there was a constant shuffling
of political faiths by the voters.
ALLOTlKTO
COAST HARBORS
WASHINGTON, April 26.- (AP)
The war department today appropri
ated allotments for river and harbor
improvements In Washington, Ore
gon and California totaling nearly
$100,000. The allotment Included:
Willapa river, harbor development,
Washington, 36,000; Ynquina bay.
harbor, Oregon, $20,000; Humboldt
bay, California, $2500.
Hand Severed In .
Fall Under Train
PENDLETON. Ore.. April 26. (AP)
Harry Edwards of La Orande, a
Union Pacific brakeman. suffered the
loss of his left hand today at Thorn
Hollow when he attempted to board
a train after flagging It down. He
slipped and fell under the wheels.
Ford Plans Combination
Factory and Farm Work
WASHINGTON, April 26. (AP)
After a surprise call at the White
House, Henry Ford aald today he
hsd advocated to President Hoover
a plan of combining farming and
Industry under which factory work
era could save $500 a year by rais
ing part of their own foodstuff.
The automobile manufacturer, sur
rounded by newspapermen In the
White Houne lobby, said he had
been working for three months to
smooth out dctalla of such a plan.
He added, however, he waa not
ready to announce its details In full.
Ford Intimated the lde he hsd
been experimenting with on hla
Dearborn farm, with Ford factory
hand, was to have men working
in the planU spend part of their
time In small scale scientific farm
ing. He indlmted 111" "'"a would In
volve larce factories distributing
their worker over farm lands, or
providing land within reach, on
which, during a comparatively small
part of the year, they could raise
much of the foodstuffs needed for
their family tables.
EMPIRE CO. AGENT
FOUND GUILTY OF
PLAN TO DEFRAUD
Polk County Jurors Start!
Deliberation On Guilt of
Keller On 13th Day-Verdict
in Late Afternoon
DALLAS, Ore., April 26. m
Frank J. Keller, Jr., e-offlcer of the
empire Holding corporation
W1I :
found guilty this arternoon on i
charge of devising a scheme with In
tent
from
to defraud. The Jury debated-
lo:'!.1. o'clock until shortly be-(
fore 3 o'clock. i
Keller was Indicted with four other
ex-offlcera, O. P. Coahow, former Jus
tice of the state supreme court; Dr.
W. R. Adama, I. H. Petty and Jay
Stockman. Coshow's trial la sched
uled to start next Monday with wit
nesses called for Tuesday. The trial
was in Its 13th day.
DALLAS. Ore., April 36. (AP)
Reading the full Indictment and giv
ing no special Instructions, Circuit
Judge Arllo G. Walker placed the fate
of Frank J. Keller, Jr., before a Polk
county Jury at 10:35 o'clock today on
the 13th day of the proceedings
brought against Keller and four other
ex-officers of the Empire Holding
Corporation who are charged with de
vising a scheme with Intent to de
fraud. Reading of the Indictment
occupied nearly an hour. It waa ex
pected the Jury would not return a
verdict today.
Trial of O. P. Coshow la scheduled
to start next Monday with the selec
tion of a Jury. All defendants are
being tried In Polk county upon a
change of venue from Marlon county
where the original Indictments were
returned. Othera facing trial, all on
the same charge, are W. R. Adama, I.
H. Fetty and Jay Stockman.
The Jury In the case Is expected to
be out a number of hours duo to the
large amount of testimony which was
offered. Since the charge of devising
a scheme to defraud la a crime and
punishable by a prison sentence, a
unanimous verdict of the 12 Jurors
will be necessary for conviction. Two
extra Jurors have heard the case
throughout and It was proposed to
the court yesterday that if one of the
Jurora was disqualified, one of the
extra jurora could be asked to ballot
on tho guilt or Innocence of the ac
cused. SCREEN BIG SHOTS
HOLLYWOOD, Cal., April 26. (AP)
A possibility that three of the first
names of Hollywood, Deltrlch, Von
Sternberg and Cagney, may be elimi
nated from the screen arose today In
a battle of contracts, between the
celebrities and two of the major pro
ducers, Paramount and Warner Bros.
First National Studios.
This drastic probability waa raised
as a deadlock grew between the stu
dios and the screen personalities over
questions of salary and the rights of
actor and director to interfere with
story material.
Well-informed f t lm authorities
pointed out that If neither aide re
lented, the conclusion would be
reached the trio had broken their
contracts, making them Ineligible for
the screen until the contracts had ex
pired. RUM RUNNERS SLAY
DANIA BEACH, Fla., April 26.
(AP) A gun fight on the beach with
men believed by authorities to have
been rum runners trying to land a
boat load of liquor resulted tn the
death today of D. A. Romberger, a
federal customs border patrolman.
Three men were arrested for quea
Honing. Ford appeared surprised when sur
rounded by a score of newspaper
men aa he left the presidents office.
Asked what hsd brought him to
the capital, he replied, smilingly
; that he wsa "Just going around
Virginia looking over some flower
gardens."
He aald that Mrs. Ford, a garden
enthusiast, was with him and they
Intended to drive from Washington
to Richmond, posslhly stopping en
route.
Asked what he had talked over
with Mr. Hoover, the manufacturer
apparently made reference to - the
administration's recent anti-hoarding
campaign.
"I told the president'" he said,
"that we're selling all the motor
cars we can make, and we're getting
lots of cash much of it In big bine.
I mean by that old-style, large atze
bills that might have been hidden
for some time "
"If the people who quit business
to go Into gambling several year
ago would quit that and go back
to work at producing something.
j nicy nima wu nit iiry
'he aald.
ASSIE TRIAL
ED By STATE
P
tion of Navy Officer,
M..;hcr-in-Law and Two
Enlisted Men Asked
Darrow to Talk Tomorrow
By WILLIAM II. KWINO
HONOLULU, April 26. (AP) Con
viction of Lieutenant Thomss H.
Massie. Mrs. Granville Fortescue and
Qf j Kahahawai was asked
ilate
prosecutor. In the flntt of the legal
arguments before the racially mixed
Jury.
Ulrlch, lean of face and prema
turely gray, arose and faced the 12
men In the box. The crowd which
had sat up all night and battled
mosquitoes tn order to be 'sure of
spectators' seats, waa disappointed
when It learned that Clarence Dar
row. veteran defense attorney, would
not mnke Ma plea until tomorrow.
Under the new lineup it was
planned to have George S. Leisure.
Darrow's associate, follow Ulrlch In
addressing the Jury.
Father In Court.
Although moat of the apectatora
were white women there was a
sprinkling of darker faces. In the
front row was Joseph Kahahawai.
father of the slain native, who ac
cording to defense testimony, was
killed by Lieutenant Massie In Mrs.
Fortescue's home after admitting
taking part in a criminal attack
on Mrs. Thalia Massie. wife of the
naval officer.
Dnrrow waa In high splrlta and
said his address to the Jury would
require about three hours. He went
down the line shaking hands with
Massie. Mrs. Fortescue and the other
defendants, E. J. Lord and Albert
O. Jones, and chatting with them
a moment.
Mrs. Esther Anlto, mother of the
slain man. entered and sat by the
elder Kahahawai, from whom she la
divorced. They sat In the aame row
of seat with the four persons ac
cused of killing their son.
The associate prosecutor asserted
that Mrs. Massie had been called
to the witness stand by the defense
for no purpose except to arouse the
emotions of the Jurora to aympathlze
with massie. .....
NEAR WAR'S COST
WASHINGTON, April 26 (AP)
Brigadier General Frank T. Hlnea
told the house waya and means
committee today that government
expenditures on world war veterans
will aggravate by 1D46 the cost of
that war.
"We are practically financing an
other war." the veteran's adminis
trator today testified for the ad
ministration In opposing cashing the
soldiers' bonus.
'The government haa apent about
$6,000,000,000 on world war veterans
today, Hlnea aald. "If we continue
at the present rate without changes
In the law the government will
have apent $21,500,000,000 In 1045 or
the cost of the war.
"For the veterans of all other
wars we have apent $8,000,000,000."
HALT AIRPLANES
PORTLAND, Ore.. April 26 (P)
Snow swirling over the Siskiyou
mountains halted plane traffic north
and south today, although moat of
the state waa bathed in sunshine.
The northbound mall plane from
San Francisco cot only as far aa
Hornbrook. Cal., and the southbound
mall stopped at Medford.
The regular morning trl-motor
plane, southbound from Portland
with 11 passengers, was turned back
near Medford by rain and thick
weather, and returned to Portland
CONTINUE PROBE HERE
Clyde Warren and Allen Lumsden
state deputy fire wardens, left Med
ford yesterday for the north, and
plan to return the latier part of the
week to continue their investigation
of the blares here Saturday morn
ing, according to the state police
ofice.
The two deputies are working on
several clues, and will check their
Information.
BILL CODY'S SADDLER
DIES AT RIPE AGE
SAM MATEO. Cal.. April 26 P
Alfred Dalton. Sr., 14. who as a
youth made saddle for Colonel "Buf
falo Bill" Cody at Cheyenne, Wyo..
died here today. Dalton came to the
United State from England In 181.
Roseburg Murch Bros. Construc
tion Co.. Bt. Louis, received 68S,0O0
contrsct for construction of .oldiers
horn at tbw plac
Antique Temple
Of Eleven Domes
Found Neath Ash
ISTANBUL. Turkey, April 26.
(AP) German archaeologists,
looking for the ancient Oreek the
atre at Smyrna, have excavated
an antique temple with It domes
tnd many marble columns burled
deep In the ashes of volcanic
eruptions.
They called specialists from
Germany to identify the edifice.
The German professor, Weygant.
has offered to finance extensive
excavations at Smyrna, one of
the greatest of the ancient cities
of Asia Minor.
ALSO THREATENS
IT
SALEM, April 28. ) Quick ac
tion late last night averted what was
believed by officers as an attempt to
repeat the fire disasters recently ex
perienced by Eugene nd Medford.
Fire, declared of incendiary origin,
wae discovered at the large Starr
Fruit Products company's plant here
by the night watchman. Flames were
extinguished before great damage was
done or before the flames got out cf
control.
The fire was started In the rear
of the plant on the outde tn a pile
of boxes and old receipts. City and
state police began an Investigation.
Fire department officials here have
been on their guard because of the
Incendiary fires at Eugene and Med
ford last week.
FLAMES SWEEP
PAPER COMPANY
PORTLAND, Ore.. April 36. (AP)
Flames swept through the plant
of the Paclflo Paper Material
company here today and 30 minutes
alter the fir was discovered, it
appeared to Jill the entire quarter
blotft building, names shot 80 teei
Into the air si the paper' stock
burned.
The building. two-story corru
gated Iron structure, was Jammed
with waste paper picked up rom
all parts of the city. Fred Schulie,
msnager. said It was possible a
match hsd been picked up with the
waste paper snd had Ignited. Eight
men were employed at the plant,
packing waat paper. The paper,
when baled, waa used In a mill at
Longvlew.
Gregory Warner, fireman, suffered
a severe cut on one arm when glass
from a falling window struck him.
He was taken to a hospital.
SEEKING RECALL
WALLOWA JUDGE
ENTERPRISE, Ore., April 36.
(AP) Petitions bearing more than
700 names and asking the recall of
Edgar Marvin, county Judge of Wal
lowa county, were filed at t,he coun
ty clerk', office here Monday.
General extravagance and laek ot
business ability, particularly In set
tling controversies over rights of way,
are alleged, and It Is declared that
Marvin, as president and manager of
the Joseph State bank, permitted
county fund, to remain In the In.
stltutlon when he knew the bank waa
below Its cash reserve.
Program of activities for the com
In; year interested members of the
Medford post, American Legion, In
session last night. Several projects
to be undertaken In the near future
were discussed and met with ap
prove! of the membership. Cluy Ap
plewhite, district commander, who
was expected to make the address
ot the evening, did not arrive from
Ashland,
BEATTLE. Wh.. April 38. (AP)
The flgh for a tariff on lumber,
logs, shingles and pulp wood Is not
over, Colonel W. B. Oreeley, man
ager of the West Coast Lumbermen's
asaoclatlon. now In Washington, D.
C, telegraphed headquartera here to
day, although the senaw finance
finance committee has turned down
the tsrlff proposal.
Wade in Hospital
For Hand Injuries
Lawrence Wade of this city under
went an operation at the Sacred
Heart hospital thl. morning tor se
vere Injuries to hi. left hand, sus
tained tn an accident at hi. home
yesterday.
OF
L
LaGuardia Charges Scribes
Paid for 'Ballyhoo' On
Certain Stocks Bull Mar
ket Forecast Is Claim
WASHINGTON, April 36. JT1) The
use of publicity to misrepresent
stocks In drives by brokerage pools
to Inflate their values wa charged
before the senate banking committee
today by Representative La guard is of
New York.
The fiery little Republican pro
duced Irom two trunks, numerous
checks he said had been paid to
some writers of financial topics for
New York and other newspapers to
"ballyhoo" certain stocks. He also
brought literature he said had been
circulated forecasting bull markets.
Laguardia said Richard Whitney,
president of the etock exchange, knew
of market irrogularttiea. In refer
ring to one stock Kreuger whih
he said waa bandied by Lee Hlggtn
aon and company, Laguardia said:
"Why. senators. If Whitney hid
been president of a grocery exchange
and Hlgginson waa selling canned
beans and conspired to misrepresent
as they have in their present occu
pation, both would be under indict
ment at this time."
In the executive session following
the Laguardia hearing, the commit
tee took over the trunks of evidence
submitted by him and decided to
photostat the checks he presented.
Four of these were drawn on the
Central Union Trust tympany of New
York and were all signed by A. New
ton Plummer.
iiie first waa dated December 3,
1024, for $800. It was endorsed by
Plummer and by Herbert J. Dotter
wach. The second waa dated December 5.
1U24. for $184, and wsa endorsed by
Charles T. Murphy.
The third was dated December 18.
1024, for $200, and waa endorsed by
William J. GombcT.
The fourth was dated December 20,
1024, for $200. and was endorsed bv
W. F. Wamsley.
HEFLIN SEEKING
WASHINGTON, April 28. (AP)
In a lengthy appeal to the senate to
unseat Senator Bankhead of Alabama
as his successor, former Senator Hef
lln aald today he had "leada" that
Indicated more than a million dol-,
lars were spent In the campaign
against him in 1930.
"We have a lead that Mr. Pettis,
the state chairman, came to Washing
ton to get some money from Jouett.
8house," Heflln .aid, "referring to the
chairman of the democratic executive
committee.
LONG BEACH, Cel., April 28. (AP) ,
Using sump oil In plsce of tar and
the stuffing of a mattress In lieu of
feathers, four men kidnaped Jsmes
Lacey, 38, and released htm about
midnight after covering Ills body
with the mixture.
Police believed the unidentified ab.
ductora were fired to revenge against
Lacey because ot alleged radical ten
dencies and a apeech which he made
in the city hall Saturday night, eu
logising soviet Russia.
Klamath Palls Plans underwsy to
Improve Main street.
Marshfleld Local plant ot Coos
Bsy Lumber Co. resumed operations.
WILL-
ROGERS
SANTA MONICA, Cal., Apr.
25. This follow Gray hn
brought investigations back on
the front pajje. Some of that
rioh bunch will hire him. Wall
Street will livo this down, for
the more we find out about
anything the less we ever do
about it. But they will never
live down Charley Dawes call
ing 'cm a "peanut stand."
A bunch of women are aftor
Mellon bccaime he is going to
give the Britishers a drink
Most of American's don't care
how many he gives 'cm, just so
he don't take enough himself
so lio will cancel tho debt.
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