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ebford Mail Tribune A. B. C. Circulation li proved circulation. Both quality and quantity to a (ull measure U the Mai! Tribune' A. B. C. circulation. A. B. C. since 1929. Twenty-Seventh Year MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1932 No. 31. The Weather Forecast: Somewhat unsettled to night and Thursday; cooler tonl(ht. Precipitation Highest yesterday 4 Lowest thin morning 43 M Comment on the Day's News Br FRANK JENKINS THANKS to the Prussian election on Sunday, Adolf Hitler's fascist are now the strongest party In Ger many, although they haven't a ma . Jorlty. That fact will cause big financiers all over the world a lot of worry. THE avowed purpose of Hitlers fascists Is to destroy what Is In Germany and set up something wholly new In Its place. Conspicuous among the things they would like to destroy are Oermany'a foreign debts, Including reparations. So, you see, the financiers have some cause for worry. CLEAR out here 'in Oregon, how ever, especially In Southern Ore gon, where we have big Jobs of our own to do, let's not waste too mucn time worrying over what will hap pen because one party has triumphed over another In Germany. ' Worrying over something that Is too big for him to do anything about never did anybody much good. B E8IDES, you know, the victory of the fascists in Italy, which put Mussolini Into power, hasnt seemed to do the world at large any great harm. It's a fairly safe guess that a lot of the worrying about Hitler and his fascists is being done by the ins in Germany who will become the outs if Hitler wins. npHE world, of course, Is closely tied together In these modern days, and what happens in one country has considerable meaning In all other countries. But this writer has a notion, pos sibly a foolish one, that here in America we do more worrying about hit is coine on In Europe than we have any real cause for. If we will go on paddling our own canoe, and doing a good Job of it. we shall probably come out quite all right in the long run, regard less of Europe's political upheavals. OOBBERS steal 400 from aged K woman." So runs a pitiful headline in the news of the day. It is pitiful because this sum was all the old woman had, and at her ... whirh according to the story Is 75, she will need it. She had hidden the money In cur. .,. -rn.inri the house, and the robbers heard about It. wp YOU have a little money, and are too old to earn any more, so that what you havs Is Infinitely precious to you, and If you are afraid to keep your money where ouv of every 100 Intelligent people keep theirs, for heaven's sake buy gov ernment bonds with It. Then you will be safe. ON JANUARY 1, 1030, the Ameri can public's Investment In auto mobiles was 0,300.000,000. On Janu ary 1, 1933. it was (6.600.000.000. Quite a shrinkage In two years, isn't it? ACCORDING to figures vouched for by the Automobile Trade Journal, the average age of all cars Jn service In this country on January 1, 1930, was 3 58 years. The average age of all cars Is now 4.18 years. If you have driven cars for any considerable length of time, you know that at the age of 4.18 years an automobile la getting somewhere near ready to be traded in. When people begin to buy things again, the automobile Industry ought to be in line for good aales. 15 UT here Is the' oddest fact of all L In I9J9, when everything was I running high, wide and handsome, and a dollar was Just something to be spent, consumption of gasoline in thia country amounted to 14 677,, S64.0O0 gallons. In 1030. when people were feeling a lot worse, consumption of gasoline rose to 15.783.751.000 gallons. And In 1931. by which time every body was feeling TERRIBLE ana plenty of people had become quite certain that the end of the world was at hand, consumption of gaso line rose still further to 16 433.328. 000 gallons. Explain thst. If you csn. Columbia County Recall Demanded ST. HELENS. Ore. April 27.. Recall of County Jude Wellington I trlct with the very Revererw nancs and Commissioner Mills of Columbia Menage r, superior of Jesuit mlsilom county is demanded In petitions for: in Alaska. a recall election filed with the county, The tidal wive carried Ire blocks cle-k here Tuesday. The petitions: 30 miles Inland and destroyed sev allsM. .mom other thine, that thel eral native Tillsg-e and food supplier county court ignored the wwnes : the taxpayers as expressed t bud get meeUni. DARROW PLEADS GOLDEN RULE IN Aged Defense Attorney Makes Impassioned Talk Before Polyglot Jury Case Will End Late Today HONOLULU, April 27. (AP) With voice and gesture that belled his age, Clarence Darrow, defense at torney, pleaded with the racially mixed Jury today to apply the golden rule In Judging the fate of the four persons accused of killing Joseph Kahahawai. Do unto others " pleaded the aged attorney as he contended that the accused. Lieutenant Thomas H. Massle. Mrs. Granville Fortescue, Al bert O. Jones and E. J. Lord, would sanctify" any prison to which they might be sent if convicted. By WILLIAM H. EW1NO. HONOLULU. April 27.AP) Be fore the strangest Jury he ever faced In his long career, Clarence Darrow made his plea today for vin dication of Lleutennnt Thomas H. Massle and three others accused of second degree murder In the lynch ing of Joseph Kahahawai. Mrs. Thalia Massle. wife of the naval officer: Mrs. Granville For tescue, her defendant mother, and the accused enlisted men. Albert O. Jones and E. J. Lord, filed Into the court room Just before 9 o'clock to witness what they expected to be the last day of the trial. Courtroom Crowded. Mrs. Fortescue. In whose home the killing occurred, stood beside her sister. Mrs. Helen Ripley and talked In low tones. The courtroom was more crowded than ever before. The aged defense chieftain was speaking to a Jury which during the process of formation admittedly had puzzled him and caused him to comment on hi Inability to fathom some of lis Oriental features. Public- Prosecutor John O. Kelley announced he would make his clos ing argument Immediately after Darrow had finished. The latter plan ned to talk for about three hours, By holding an afternoon session, something not previously done, Judge Charles S. Davis hoped to be able to give the caso to the Jury by the end of the day. Joseph Kahahawai, Sr., and Mrs. Esther Anlto, father and mother of the slain native, occupied front seats. Suffering Pictured. A hush fell over the courtroom as Darrow began. He pictured Lieu tenant Massle eight montlis ago as a strong, healthy, respected young man with a wife beautiful, admired and respected. Then he pictured the immediate scene, with Massle in court and the prosecution demand ing he be sent to prison for life for shooting Kahahawai after the native supposedly confessed attack ing Mrs. Massle. (Continued on Page Five) bootleFIces here forced up SAYS ID YARN The Grants Pass Courier Tuesday printed a story to the etfect. "that slick Callfornlan" had enecieo merger of "Medford bootlegRers." ana boosted the price of "bootleg" fifty cents per gallon. This Is news to the Medford public, and the law- enforcing agencies. Nobody here has heard of the formation of a siring of chsln rum peddlers. It was sus pected that the story originated In the fertile brain of a budding young Journalist, with some space to fill. As near as could be determined the going price for moonshine in these parts for some time has been 0 per gallon for the best mountsln dew. which Is alleged to be drinkable. The price tapers down to sa low ss 3 per gallon for terrible stuff, rouih on the digestive system. There Is not much demand at any price, and a dearth of peddlers. The "pint racket" la the current method, as It fits the depressed pocketbook of the consumer, and gives the um agent more profit, with a reduced risk of getting caught, as he can carry his delivery in his hip-pocket. Eskimos in Tide -Swept Area Face Dire Misery FAIRBANKS, Alaska. April 27. Eskimos living in the district be tween the mouth of the Yukon river and Hooper bay, where a tidal wave last December destroyed the natives' food supplies, are so desperately in need of "sustenance they are resort ing to unprintable measure." Pilot Art Wood ley ss:d upon his return here yesterday. woodier nao iiown ovrr ir rat territory. Father Menwer said several bun dxe4 liluooi la toe region were vlr - BASEBALL RESULTS National Score: R- H. E. St. Louis- 4 8 1 Cincinnati - - 6 13 0 Sylvester. Johnson. Stuot and Man cuso; 81 Johnson and Manlon, Score: Pittsburgh Chicago Swe tonic. Harris. Brame and Grace; Malone and Hartnett. New Torlc at Boston, postponed; cold. American Score: Chicago Detroit 3 7 3 Jones, Hadley and Orube; Sorrell, and Hayworth. Washington at New York and Bos ton at Philadelphia, postponed; cold. HOPE OF NATION WASHINGTON, April 37. (AP) Secretary Mills today loosed a power ful administration offensive against cash payment of the soldiers' bonus. He spoke before the house ways and means committee appearing as a wit ness In its extended hearings on the issue. In language no less forceful than that Charles G. Dawes employed be fore the same committee a week ago, the new treasury chief drove home his opposition to the 93,400,000,000 outlay, whether paid in borrowed money or through Inflation of the currency. "The measure now before you Is designed to pay an obligation not due. In money that is not honest.' Mills said. "The adjusted service cer tificates do not mature until 1045, To pay them at their face value to day, less the amount that has been borrowed on them would, in effect, almost double the payment provided for by the Adjusted Service Compen sation act and would Involve an Im mediate cost to the government of about $2,400,000,000. "In other words the government 1 to pay almost twice the amount It undertook to pay." "To select this moment,", ha went (Continued on Page Three) REPRESENTED IN MEET OF One hundred and ten women, rep resenting 16 communities in Jackson county, met at the Plrat Christian church today for the one-day Home makers' conference being conducted through the cooperation of the home demonstration agent's office. Talks were given by Miss Clarlbel Nye, Mrs. Zetta Rodenwald and Lucy A. Case of the extension division of Oregon State college. The delegates were divided Into six groups, and project recommendations for the coming year were outlined, and explained by them at the gen eral assembly which followed, with Miss Alice Hanley presiding. Mrs. Ssrah Werti. home demon stration agent of Josephine county, and Mrs. E. B. Eberleln and Mrs. Mcintosh, also of Oranta Pass, at tended the sessions. Luncheon was served in the church at noon. RAIN GALLS HALT ON Work on the new county court house was U-mporarlly halted yester day by rain. The atone masons were forced to lsy off, and the plasterers were advised that any "wet plaster" would have to be replaced. The work of laving the Indiana limestone the entire wsy round, up to the first story hss been completed. Owing to faulty alignment, the granite corner stone at the main entrance 1 ad been removed for re-settlng. The work of putting on the roof will be completed this week. The Incinerator has been Installed. tuslly without food as their winter's! supply of fish had been spoiled or carried away. Resources of the mis sionaries have been depleted. Father Menager said, and no more help was coming from that source. He said sickness was appearing among the natives and there was danger of Hoods from melting snow. The Eskimos In the stricken area probably are the most primitive peo ple in North America. Wood ley said the "human misery there was so dire as to be almost unbelievable. Reports here aa'd the National Red Cross had refused a request for $2, 000 to aid the natives aftr the bu- ) resu of Indian affairs in washinaion. j D. C had declared accounts of suf- 1 Xerlnf la U am vera KfaUd. PUPILS DROPPED BY Hundred Additional Will Be Suspended if . Affiliation With Forbidden Secret Societies Can Be Proven i I SALEM, April 27. Two hun dred students, members of secret high school fraternities, were suspended from school by summary action ol the Salem school board here last night, and more than 100 more will be dropped from classes as soon as their affiliation with societies can be definitely determined. Members of the board required less than 30 minutes to pass a blanket resolution suspending all girls and boys belonging to about nine secret societies organized within the school. Their credits will be withheld until such time as they produce sufficient evidence they have severed all con nections with these organizations, prohibited by state law. Follows Klrinupli.fr. Action of the board followed the recent kidnaping and beating of Victor DeJardln, student, by seven members of the "Julius Caesars," se cret society, which resulted In a wave of public opinion demanding the Im mediate ouster of these societies. The seven who were reported to have par ticipated in the kidnaping have been suspended by the school authorities and their credits for the year taken. They will also appear before Justice court here tomorrow to answer charges of assault and battery. The board upheld the suspension of the seven boys. The action last night culminates a controversy over secret high school fraternities here in progress for sev eral years. FACE TRIAL FOR DALLAS. Ore., April 37. (Sen tence upon Frank J. Keller, Jr., for mer sales counsellor of the Empire Holding company, who waa found guilty by a Polk county Jury late yesterday of devising a scheme with Intent to defraud, will not be pro nounced until the cases pending agslnst four other officials have been completed, Judge Arlle O. Walker announced. The penalty for conspir acy under the blue sky law la a maxi mum of five years In the peniten tiary and fine of 16000, The next case will be that of O. P. Coshow, former chief Justice of the state supreme court, whose trial on the same charges will start here Mon day. His trial will be followed by those of the other three Empire Hold ing corporation ex-offlcers, W. R. Ad ams, I. H. Petty and Jay Stockman, all Indicted on the same charges by the Marlon oounty grand Jury. Keller will remain out on the original 91500 ball furnished following his indict ment. Keller hss 60 daya in which to per fect an appeal If he desires to carry the case to the supreme court, but no statement hss yet been made as to what may be attempted In this regard. MASONS TO GIVE Medford lodge No. 101, A. T. and A. M has announced plans for an elsborste meeting Friday night, at which time the master Masonic de gree work will be put on. The same degree team which recently received much acclaim for their work In Kla- msth Falls, will be In charge, The gathering has been announced for 7:30 o'clock, and will be followed by a supper In the banquet hall. D'VALERA DEFEATED OF DtJBLIN, Irish Free State. April 27 (API The government of President Ramon De Vslera was defeated In the Datt Elreann today In a division on the unemployment Issue. The vote was 76 to 66. Reslgn!'the opposition members cried when the result of the vote waa announced. The president told them that anybody who wanted him to get out could put a motion of no confi dence. This was accepted as an In dication he had no Intention of re signing. Suspect Worker Met Foul Play OREOON CITY. April 27. (AP) Investigation Into the death last night of Juaclnto Ctmt, a Mexican sertlon worker, was undertaken today under the theory that the man was murdered. He waa found last nlvht In a dying condition beside the rail road tracks near bis home lo Cane - ' mah, Bear Quiz Witness v. 1 r jlasDciu.cti J-rcaj l-hoto Percy Avery Rockefeller, cousin of John D. Rockefeller, sr., director of some 60 corporations and trader on the New York stock exchange, appeared as a witness In the senate banking committee's Investigation of short selllno- L OF MEDFORD CL OF C. After having given careful consid eration to the acceptance of the of' fico to which ,he was elected last Tuesday. H. S. Deuel announced to day that, due to conditions of bus! ness requiring a major portion of his time and effort, hs will not be able to accept the presidency of the Medford chamber of commerce, and is presenting his resignation from the office at a special meeting of the board of directors, which Is be ing held this afternoon. Mr. Deuel was In San Kranclsco when elected to the office, and dur ing the past week has been con sidering the acceptance of the of fice, but is of the belief that the duties of president of the chamber will require more time and effort than enn be spared from his busi ness. It Is probable that his suc cessor will bo selected at the board meeting this afternoon. It Is probable that the reports of the program of work and budget committees, presented to the dir ectorate last week for their consid eration, will be further discussed and considered at today's meeting, In order that the Incoming officers of the chamber may at once embark upon the year's program. Plans for the chamber's annual Oregon Pro ducts banquet will also be presented for consideration. HOPEWELL, N. J., April 37. (ZD Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., waa still missing today, despite a high official's declaration that Colonel Lindbergh Is understood to have made a personal contact with the baby's kidnapers. NORFOLK. Va., April 37. (JP) John Hughes Curtis returned hare today from a trip made In the In terest of negotiations for the return of the kidnaped Lindbergh baby. He referred all questions to Rear-Admiral Guy H. Bun-age, retired, spokes man for the three Norfolk lntermedt- iwfllLL STOPS CHILD'S HEART PORTLAND. April 27. (AP) Joyce Seaton. seven yesrs old, was fatally Injured here late Tuesday when an ! maoor baseball struck her over the heart while she stood on a vacant lot watching some boys plsy base ball. Firemen worked over the child a half an hour but were unable to revive her. An examination disclosed tfie little girl suffered from leakage of the heart valves and the ahok of the blow is believed to have killed her. - Presbyterians In Winning Group are Honored at Feast Seventy-seven member and friends or the Loyal Worker' class of the First Christian church were present at a dinner given in honor of L. G Gentner's group, winners In a recent content, at the church recreational hall last evening. After dinner, peppy songs were led by Mra. Tneo. 81ms, president of the class, and a short business meeting conducted at tne tames. An evening of entertslnmnt followed, Tlio other five groups furnished and served the dinner and were re sponsible for the entertainment. llodr Hrriiurfil TtlXAMfXlK, April 37 (API The body of (rll Wsrnlrk of Portland, drowned eleven riavs ago, was recov ered In Trsak river today nrsr the point where hl automobile plungrd Into the sUrsm, carrying him end 1 his companion, their ctsatiie. Burton Leech, TAX 0'' .iBUTION PROorJITY PATH Hoover Tells Governors Re duced Expenditures in Government Is Absolutely Essential Growth Cited RICHMOND, VS.. April 37. p As "the sure highwsy to national re oovery." President Hoover cited to the governors' conference today the "ab solute necessity" of reduced expendi tures, better distributed taxation and balanced budgets on the part of gov ernment. Town councils, county commis sions, state legislatures and the con gress agree on these fundamentals, he said, but to accomplish them "we must have the Intelligent support of the people themselves, that selfish vested interest and vested habit do not. by their organised sectional and group oppositions or individual ac tion, defeat these high purposes." Cooperation Needed. Expressing a wish for greater co operation toward settling govern mental problems, he suggested that the governors sponsor In their states such conferences as they have been holding here. Having the local ex ecutives examine their difficulties to gether, he said, would help toward a realization that local expenditures and taxes are a part of a great na tional problem in stability as well as one of local concern." Stressing the need for adjustments, the president told of federal, state and local government expenditures rising from $3,900,000,000 In 1013 to $13,300,000,000 In 1030, and the total outstanding debt going from $4,800,000,000 to $30,600,000,000 in the same time. Costs Increasing. Before the war the total govern mental cost represented by 8 per cent of the national Income and Mr. Hoov er estimated the present proportion at above 30 per cent. (Continued on Page Three) T OPENS DRIVE ON MANCHURIA FOES HARBIN. Manchuria, April 37. (AP) Japan'a Manchurlan military machine opened today the greateat drive since the capture of Chlnchow In an effort to auppress a Chinese revolt against the government of Henry Pu-YI. Three Japanese brigades moved oy rail and river boats, In a sweeping "pincers" movement against the rebel forces, estimated at 30.000 along the eastern lines of the Chi nese Eastern railway and In the lower Sungsrl valley. At the same time lesser Japanese forces sought to crush minor revolts In the Tunnhua district, 125 miles eaat of Mukden and In the Tung' llao region, on the Mongolian bor der, northwest of Mukden. A dispatch to the Bengo News sgency from Antung said uoops which formerly acknowledged the new Pu-YI regime had revolted and enveloped Tunghau, where Japan maintains a branch consulate. TO BE OPENED SALEM. April ST. (AP) Bids on approximately HS0.0O0 worth of highway work and on n3.000 bonds remaining of the million dollar short term Issue will be opened by the state highway commission at Its reg ular meeting In Portland tomorrow. The contract work, If awarded, will cover the construction or Improve ment of 116 miles of atate highways, construction or Improvement of six bridges and letting of a ferry con tract. The work will be done In 13 counties. Members of the highwsy depart ment will leave here late today for a preliminary session of the commis sion tonight. Plans for Farm Relief Advocated at Hearing WASHINGTON, April 37. (AP) M. L. Wilson, of the Montana Stw Agricultural college, outlined before the snat agriculture committee to day the "allotment plan" for farm relief. Wilson, head of the eollege'a de partment of agricultural economics, asserted the plan would add 9700, 000 ooo to the farmers' buying power. This sum, he said, would come from the five major export com modities, wheat, cotton, rice, to bacco and hogs. The plan provides that tariff schedules on the commo- i dltles shall be applied to the price ! paid the farmer. to To deal effectively with the present I emergency la grlcul(ure, Chairman Mooney and Coxey Among Mentioned White House Hopes OMAHA, Neb., April 37. (API Delegates to the national farmer labor convention today scanned the file of their leaders for presi dential timber and the names of Frank Webber of San Francisco and Mayor Jacob 8. Coxey of Mas silon, Ohio, stood In relief. Among those mentioned as standard-bearing prospects, be Kldes Webber and Coxey, was Thomas Mooney, the labor leader recently denied a pardon by Cali fornia's governor. Coxey, the man who led the famous "Coxey's army" to Wash ington In 1804. addressed the con vention yesterday. STRENGTH SHOWS In the thirteen voting precincts of Medford there are 6,043 voters of all political faiths registered, according to the records of the county clerk's office. This is an Increase of 1,316 over the 1030 general election, when 4,636 were registered. With 17,303 registered In the county, a third of the vote Is registered In this city. The registration by party In this city, for the coming primary and in 1030 Is as follows: 1033 1030 Gain Bepublcans 4.178 3,403 776 Democrats 1,864 1,333 631 The difference In the above figures from the grand total Is made up by Progressive. Socialists, Prohibitionists and miscellaneous registrants. The Medford registration by pre cincts for the two major parties Is Precinct Total . Rep. Dem. Newtown 669 Northeast 6S6 West 631 Northwest 463 North Riverside . 641 Oakdate 430 East 169 Southwest .............. 618 406 464 447 383 397 314 109 403 303 333 171 363 368 North Main .... 433 South Main wm 346 North Central 343 South Central 413 Southeast 603 Total 6,043 4,178 1,333 Northeast Medford with a registra tion of 653 Is the largest precinct. Other precincts with more than 600 registrants are West Medford with 631, Southwest 618, North Riverside , 641, and Southeast 603. j In the Ashland precincts 2,830 1 voters are registered, a gain of 833 over 1030. The Republicans number 1878, and the Democrats BQ3. The Democrats registration In 1030 waa 463. The greatest gain In registration was made In the Howard precinct which embraces the Berry dale dis trict. In 1030, 163 Republicans and 67 Democrats were registered. This year the Republicans number 337, the Democrats 138. Gold Hill has a registration of 436, wltti 331 Republicans and 103 Democrats. In 1030 the registration was 180 Republicans, 143 Democrats. Jacksonville In its two precincts has 66B voters, as follows: Total Rep. Dem. 8. Jacksonville 363 170 67 N. Jacksonville 305 334 74 In 1030, there were 00 registered Democrats In Jacksonville. The registration In Central Point is: Total Rep, Dem. S. Central Pt. 876 343 133 (Continued on Page Five) TO BE DISCUSSED Representatives of the California Oregon Power company will meet with property owners and the city council In open meeting, planned for discussion of the power company franchise, at the city hall tongiht at 7:30 o'clock. A large crowd Is anticipated for the evening as granting of new fran chlse has been the leading subject In many circles during the past few weeks. The present power company fran chlse expiree on June 7. A continu ation of the three per cent tax on gross Income was recommended In a report recently submitted to the city council by the special committee. Stone of the farm board today recom mended before the committee l three-point program. Continuation of the recently inltl- ated federal reserve board's own msrket operattona to expand credit and Increase consumer buying power, was his first recommendation, cou pled with provision by congress for sufficient funds to finance eat of aurplua wheat and cotton In foreign markets, and Intensified develop ment of co-operative marketing. "Farmere are not yet sufficiently organised Into producer-owned and producer-controlled co-operative or ganisations,' the chairman aald. have strongly collective bargaining power In. (fa sa af their product. E SUFFERSSETBAGK Massachusetts Pledges 36 Votes in Democratic Con vention to Al Smith Pennsylvania in Doubt NEW YORK, April 37. (AP) The first decisive check in t,he march of Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt toward the Democratic presidential nomina tion drew from former Oov. Alfred E. Smith today the remark: "Well, I guess this will put s chock under the band wagon." Hts slate of delegates -at -large from Massachusetts to the Democratic national convention defeated the Roosevelt slate overwhelmingly. Mas sachusetts bas 36 votes In the con vention. Pennsylvania Close In Pennsylvania's preferential pri mary, he was only about 3,000 votes behind Roosevelt, whose supporters had expected him to show enough strength so there could be no doubt of his getting sixty-six votes out of the state's 76 in the convention. "This Is going to make a differ ence," Smith observed, "to a lot of fellows who otherwise might have climbed rl&ht aboard the band wagon, thinking there was nothing else to do." His friends were predicting he would have 300 votes when the Chi cago convention opens. PHILADELPHIA, April 37. (ff) With more than one - third of the count completed. Oovwnor Franklin D. Roosevelt led former Governor Alfred E. Smith by only a little more than 3,000 votes In Pennsylvania's presidential preference primary to day r The vote from 3,368 of the state's 8,181 precincts gave Roosevelt 40, 760 and Smith 47,647. The preferential expression Is not binding on the delegates who will cast Pennsylvania's 76 votes at the Democratic national convention. The Roosevelt forces have claimed 66 votes. j In the Republican senatorial race, Senator James J. Davis, up for re- nomination, held a lead of 363,718 votes over General S medley D. But ler, but Butler refused to concede defeat. BOSTON, April 37. (AP) Massa chusetts' 36 votes In the 1033 Demo cratic convention today were pledged to Alfred E. Smith. Repeating his success of 1038, when as the Democratic standard bearer he carried Massachusetts, Smlt.h swept through In yesterday's presi dential primary to a decisive victory over Governor Franklin D. Roose velt. . A Smith-pledged slate of delegates at large, headed by Gov. Joseph B. Ely, and United States Senator David r (Continued on Page Three) PINCHOT'S WIFE ADMITS DEFEAT PHILADELPHIA, April 37, (API- Mrs. Cornelia Bryce Plnchot, wife of the governor, conceded defeat today In her fight for the Republican con gressional nomination In the 15th Pennsylvania district. Representative Louis T. McPadden waa the success ful csndldat. "The people did not seem aa anx ious to send me to congress ss I wss to go," Mrs. Plnchot aald. Defeat of the candidates he sup- ported waa attributed by the gover nor to "an unexplalnable eddy" of polltlca and the failure of "dry-atay-at-homes" to vote. 'Oenersl Butler was beaten by the dry church members who failed to vote," he said. WILL- ROGERS 'says: HOLLYWOOD, Cal,, April 26 Se where the kaiser in a statement sny: "I would do the very same thing over axain." Well if he would he is about the only one connected with the war that would. Many a nation and many an individual would like to have had a second guess at it. That lawyer Gray for the senate must hare lost lome dough on the Street and he's out to locate the guy that got away with it. There is no quicker way in the world to have folks lose in terest in a murder trial than to call in alienists. 7iCu- fay l. MiNssskl tstrflnx. las ' '