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edford Mail Tri The Weather Foreout: Increasing cloudiness, be comlnr unsettled Seturdsy. Mod 1 ml temperature. HtfbMt yesterday .. , , 11 Lowest this morning ST A. B. C. Circulation la a proved circulation. Both quality and quantity to a full measure It the Mall Tribune'. A. B. C. circulation. A. B. C. itnre 1929. MEDFOKD, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1932. Twenty-Seventh Year No. 33. M BUNS Comment the on Day's News By FRANK JENKINS 'HIS writer was shown yesterday. by Its owner, a copy of the PhUa delphla Inquirer of Monday, May 2, 1888. It carried on Its front page the thrilling etory of the deatructlon by Admiral Dewey of the Spanish fleet in the harbor of Manila the day be fore. HI epoch-making story waa told under headlines about half as large aa those used by the newspapers of today to chronicle the story of the latest gang killing In New York or Chicago, or to tell the verdict of the Massle jury In Honolulu. Newspaper methods change, along with other methods, don't they? THE news of thut 'tremendous event reached the United States by way of Spain, whence It was carried from Manila by official Spanish cable. Ra dio hadn't yet been thought of. The Spanish . naval authorities, writing for home consumption, made It sound like a fairly notable Spanish victory. Kidding the public was a well de veloped Institution, even in those early days. .... rvBWEY'S victory freed the Phlllp pine Islands from the cruel and vicious rule of Spain, and we patted ourselvea on the back and awelled out our chests and told ourselves that we had done a great moral serv ice to the cause of humanity. Now the Filipinos are demanding loudly to be freajl from the rule of the wicked Americanos. To hear them tell It, we are the world's worst. WE went to war again In 1917, this time to save France from -de- struction and to make the world safe for democracy. We did the Job, but to hear, the, French tell it we ruined them for lite, and as for making the world safe for democracy we certainly made a hash of that, too. We are about aa popular as a rat tlesnake with trie nation for. whom we shed our blood ' and' spent our treasure. SOME day, some far distant , day when we have grown much wiser than we are now, we Americans may learn that the smart thing for us to do la to mind our own business and let other people look out for them selves. BUT this old paper wasn't all taken up with war and bloodshed. It pictured, as a good newspaper. should,, the life of Its day. Among other exciting events. It told of a young blood of the gay nineties who took out his brand new bicycle and burned up the streets with reck less speed and finally came to grief by crashing Into a beer truck. They called It "scorching." when the hell-bent young rakes of the nineties did things like that with their bicycles, and the good people who read of such deeds of depravity wondered what the world was com ing to. H THIS ancient newspaper contains a department entitled: ."Our Sis ters, Cousins and Aunts," and the writer of this department romea un blushlngly right out in print and tells how the women of 1898 apent their time. Hear: "Many women buy a cheap corset coverH paying but nine cents for it. They take the nine-cent corset cover and put Insertion In it, edge It with needlework and dress it up until It Is worth II. 50. They run baby ribbon through the Insertion, and they tie It around the throat with the same ribbon. "They then set a bend of embroid ery around the waist and run a tiny ribbon through the band. These they tie In front, giving the corset a very smart appearance." A ND after that, If this writer has been correctly Informed, they covered up the darned thing with a heavy woolen dress that reached clear up under their chins, so that all the men could see was this same heavy woolen dress. No wonder the men were so willing to go to war and fight the Spaniards. With the women folk holding out on them Hke that, they would have been Justified In being mad enough to fight a buu saw. (Continued on Page 81a) Baruch Endorses Equalization Fee WASHINGTON. April TO. (AP) A letter from Bernard Baruch. New Tork financier, endorsing the prin ciple of the equalisation fee, i reed today to the senate agriculture committee. SEI FIERY OUTBURST Louisiana Democrat Resigns All Committee Places With Dramatic Flourish Wants Higher Income Tax WASHINGTON, April 39. (AP) Attacking the democratic leadership. Senator Long, (D., La.) today resigned from all senate committees. In a dramatic flourish, Long stood on the senate floor and sent hi resignation from all committees to the desk after attacking the leader ship of the party by Senator Robin son of Arkansas, and others. The Louisiana senator shouted "I want to resign from every committee assignment given me by the demo cratic party." Slap at Robinson He announced that if a candidate for the farmer labor party represent ing his views on redistribution of wealth faced a candidate like Robin son in the fall presidential elections he would vote for the farmer laborlte. He said he would vote for a repub lican candidate favoring limitations on swollen incomes, over a democra tic candidate with the views of Ber nard M. Baruch. When his resignations from the committees on naval affairs, manu factures, commerce and inter-oceanlc canals had been read. Senator Long demanded in a great shout: New Leadership Needed There has got to be another lea dership responsible to the American (Continued on Page Nine) E SAN FRANCISCO, April 39. (AP) An Increase of six per cent from February to March was reported to day by the federal reserve bank of San Francisco In the number of employes of J28 Industrial firms In Oregon. ' , This Is. somewhat less than the usual increase in the state, .between those two months, and the bank's seasonally adjusted Index of Ore gon, industrial employment declined. An Increase of 13.3 per cent over the previous month In the number of workers employed In the lumber Industry, accounted for a large part of the seasonal rise. Compared with March, 1031, all lines except paper and printing showed substantial decline. F PORTLAND, Ore., April 29. (AF) With more than half of Its mem bers already seated tentatively, se lection of a Jury to try Mayor George L. Baker and three other Portland city blliclala on charges of .malfeas ance and negligence In office was expected to be completed today. Standing trial with baker are two city commissioners, John M. Mann and Earl Riley, and the city engineer, Olaf Laurgaard. and C. Lee Wilson, a contractor. Wilson was named as an alleged accessory tn the malfeas ance case. PORTLAND, Ore., April 29. (API Alexander O. Brown, reporter on the Oregonlsn for the past eight years, will leave for Eugene next week to take over the duties of secretary of the University of Oregon Alumni as sociation, succeeding Miss Jeanette Calkins, resigned. Brown Is a gradu ate of 1922. His appointment la ef fective May 1. Reorganization of the alumni asso ciation, designed to put it on an entirely self-supporting bssls, wss announced Thursday. The ancient common law held that a child must be heard to cry to at tain the status of a living person. Buried Treasure Found In Vale Ranch Sand Pile VALE, Ore., April 30. (AP) Word of the discovery of ISOOO In old cur rency, found In a Jar which .had been burled In a sand pile on the Val Becker ranch northwest of here, was received in Vale today. The money, apparently burled many years ago, Is assumed to have been part of the fortune of the late Charles Becker, pioneer Malheur county rancher. His small grand -daughter unearthed the Jar while playing tn the sand on the ranch now operated by her father. Reptile Coiled About Telephone Provides Shock SALEM, April 30. ifpj A live snake, colled around the dial of a wall telephone, gave Mrs. W. S. Ingalls a fright here yesterday. Mrs. Ingalls went to the phone to call a number and did not tee the reptile until she had placed her finger on a dial number. She felt a cold chill rather than the customary reaction. 8he became so startled she called In a nelgh bor to remove the foot-long snake. BT. FALLS SCHOOL BATTLE ARGUED IN SUPREME COURT SALEM, Ore., April 30. (AP) Ap peal in the case Involving teachers' saladles will be before the Oregon supreme court today. Arguments on the suit brought by Leona Stoddard and several other teachers to enforce payment 'of their salaries under con tract will be made during the court session. Records in the case show that & subsequent school board In district 01, Jackson county, reduced salaries of plaintiffs and later canceled their contract to teach. Plaintiffs allege they are entitled to their salaries as provided In the contract and during the entire period. The amount of money exceeds $8,- 000. The district board appealed from the Jackson county circuit court decree for the teachers. This Is the Butte Falls school case which waa a highly controversial point In Jackson county affairs 16 months ago. The school fixed the salaries of eight Butte Falls teachers bl contract. The county boundary board at a ses sion ordered a reduction when it was allegedly shown that the pay was In excess of that paid in similar clasa districts of the county and state. ' The teachers filed suit In Vie cir cuit court and were awarded verdicts by a jury. The Butte Falls school board filed, an appeal to the supreme court. . The school district Is represented by Attorney Porter J. Neff and the teachers by Kelly is Kelly. - BOOST TAX RATE- WASHINGTON, April 39. (AP) Carbonated waters, unfermented fruit Juices, grape concentrates and brew ers' wort were given Increase tax rates today by the senate finance committee In revising the house rev enue bill. Cereal beverages was the only pro duct In beverages to get any reduc tion. The committee cut down this tax from two cents to one and one quarter cents a gallon. The oll-coal -copper-lumber tariff coalition was gathering Its forces for a finish ffght on the senate floor to restore tariff Items to the revenue bill. Oil, coal and copper were re jected yesterday by the committee. JOINS STATE POLICE SALEM. April 30. ftAP) Keith Ambrose, former Klamath Falls chief of police, was appointed to the stat? police, effective May I, Charles P. Pray, superintendent, announced to day. Ambrose will work under the Med ford district and be stationed In Curry county. Pray said. He will make his restdence either at Gold Beach or Brookings. Curry county previously has not been patrolled, except out of Coos, county. . . Thomas On Vlilt. Charles M. Thomas, public utility commissioner, accompanied by Mrs. Thomas, are In the city today at tending to minor official business, and visiting friends. It Is the first trip of the Thomas' to their old home town In a year. Judge Thomas was busy all day greeting old ac quaintances. LA ORANDK. Ore., April 30. (AP) Mike Carroll Is in the county Jail here today after federal and county officers raided his beer-making plant but Mike knows It could have been worse, The elder Becker, reputed one of the wealthiest men In eastern Ore gon, left only a moderate estate. Stories have persisted that the great part of his fortune had been burled on the ranch. Becker was at one time pony ex press rider through Wyoming and was an Intimate of Buffalo BUI Cody. He settled In Malheur county and became a cattle king. He was one of the founders of the First National bank of Biker and was long a director of that Institution. He died about Uuee years sjo. WILL CUT COSTS IN MAINTENANCE STATEHIGHWAYS Saving of Over $100,000 Yearly " Expected From Reduced Working Days, Discharge Patrol Crews PORTLAND, Ore., April 30. (AP) Steps looking toward the saving of more than 100,000 a year in the operation of the highway department were taken by the state highway commission late yesterday. Reduc tion of the working day of mainte nance and shop crews and the elimi nation of three patrol crews were or dered upon recommendation of Engi neer R. H. Baldock. The commissioners also awarded all but one of the 14 projects for which bids were opened yesterday, includ ing the contract for aerial surveys, another Inauguration looking toward saving over ground surveys in rout- lng new roads. The total work awarded would amount to about (450,000. Jobs to cost more than a half million dollars will be adver tised at the next meeting, the com- rmlsslon announced last night. Adopt Seven-Hour Day More than 7000 a month will be saved by the highway department In Inauguration of a seven-hour day for maintenance and shop crews, Baldock said in recommending that action to the commission. The new order will go Into effect some time in June, Baldock said, after the spring work has been taken care of. The commission further endorsed Baldock's recommendation tthat three patrol crews, or 13 men, be elimi nated, to effect a saving of approxl- (Continued on page fourteen) CAMPAIGN PLANS DRAWN AT MEET A county-wide campaign for clean ing up and beautlflylng the 'Pacific highway will be launched early In May, according to plans msde by the Jackson county committee at a meeting held In the Chamber of Commeroe last night. The movels being -made at this time to participate In tbe "Samuel Last night's meeting, which was Pacific Highway," und it is hoped that Jackson county may win one of the attractive cash prizes offered by the Memorial Hlgftway association In memory of Samuel Hill, the great road builder. Five hundred dollars cash will be awarded the county In Oregon making the best showing In beautlfullng the Paclfto highway within its own borders and 9200 will be given the county taking second place. Hill Contest for Beautlflcatton of ttie called by C. L. Macuonald, chairman, was sttended by representatives from all parts of the county and much enthusiasm waa, shown by those pres ent. Preliminary plans call for the cleaning up of all tin cans and rub bish, planting flowers and trees, painting weather-beaten barns, aheda and fences and the removal of old ramshackle buildings which are no longer being used. Baoh- resident and -property owner will be asked to co-operate and to put bis property In the best possible shape before the tourist season when thousands of visitors will travel throng h this country en route to the Olympic gamese and the hundreds of Pacific coast conventions scheduled for this summer. The committee plans to paint all mall-box posts along the Pacific highway a standard color which should add much to the uniform ap pearance of these posts. Charles Wakefield was appointed by Chairman Macuonald to raise funds to purchase the paint and it is expected that the labor will be donated. All service station owners will be asked to beautify their property 'lth (lowers, shrubs and trees and a fine response is anticipated. The various Jackson county Granges will be asked to participate and co-operation of the Bellview and Central Point Oranges is already assured. With the outside districts already show ing keen Interest in the cleanup pro gram It is now up to Med ford to make at least as good a ahowlng within the city limits. The need for Immediate action waa stressed at the meeting as the time Is short and much work must be done In the next few weeks, the contest closing on Msy 31. Horace Bromley was appointed to take charge of the county-wide pub licity campaign to stress ine need for highway beautlflcatton and the many be ik flu which will accrue to tbe property owners who participate. A" meeting of the genrai committee was announced by Chairman Mac Donald for Monday, May 3. Fordham Runner Cuts Own Mark FRANKLIN FIELD. Philadelphia. April n. (AP) Joe McCluakey, stout hearted young Fordham runner, to dsy broke his own Penn relays car nival record with the finest stseple. chsae performance ever exhibited In this country. He covered Vie 3000 meter obstacle route In 0 minutes, WJ second In lh feature race. Jurors Debating Fate of Navy .embers t - -v j ) i ' "i , 4 1 ml f b ff ;i vwi tic f The lurv In the trlnl of Mrs. Granville Fortescue, Lieut. Thomas Fl. Massle walking to a Honolulu hotel, where In the honor slaying cose. HONOLULU JURY HEARING VERDICT IN LYNCH CASE HONOLULU. April 20. (AP) A loud cheer from behind the glazed doors of the deliberating room at ex actly 11 o'clock led watchers on the outside today to believe that the Jury tn the Joseph Kahahawal lynching case was. at least getting together after its deadlock. The Jurors having been out more than 40 hours at the time. Judge Charles 8. Davis, it was learned, had been considering "sandbag" instruc BASEBALL RESULTS American. I B. H. E. X 8 0 Philadelphia Washington .. 2 7 0 Batteries: Earnshaw and Coch rane; Weaver and Berg. R. H. E. Chicago 11 1 Cleveland W 1 Fatter, McKaln and drube; Hudlln. Connally and Myatt. " R. H. E. Boston 7 8 1 New York 8 B 4 n,,u.H Mnnr.. Wellsnd nnil Bcrrv: Andrews. Donohue and Dickey, Connolly. National. R. H. B. New York 3 8 B Boston 8U2 Schumacher, Luqus and Hogan; Betts snd Spohrer. PHILADELPHIA, April 29. (AP) The Phillies scored seven runs In the second Inning today when Chuck Klein hit f homer with loaded bases and defeated Brooklyn, 13 to 8 The score: R. H. E. Brooklyn ' 8 14 I Philadelphia . 13 IS 0 Batteries: Mungo, Helmach, Moore and Lopez; Benge and McCurdy. Bt. Louis at Chicago, postponed; rein. Detroit at Bt. Louis, postponed; rsln. 1 IN CONNECTICUT NEW HAVEN, Conn., April 30, (AP) Alfred K. Smith stood within 76 votes today of controlling the Democratic state convention May 18 and 17. With si of l'ie 10 district delegates to the national meeting definitely In the former New York governor's col umn, his forces also were confident of pledging to him the six delegates at large. Four hundred and ten delegates to the state convention were Instructed for Smith In town caucuses lsst night, while Franklin D. Roosevelt received the pledges of only 81. ASHLANDER FACES An order for arrest of Mllo W. Park lnson of Ashland was Issued today by the circuit court for contempt of court for non-payment of mainte nance and suit money In a divorce action Instituted by his wife. Park inson la In arrears 85. Hearing of the charge wss set for next Monday and bonds fixed at 1250 for appear ance. By a decree In Die same action Mrs. Parkinson Is granted a divorce, custody of a minor child, half Inter est In a Ford sedsn and 829 per month support money. .Mrs. Psrkln son alleged the sedan wss registered In Fsrklnson's name, though she bad provided the down payments. i The divorce suit waa based on alle gations of cruelty and "maklni love I to toother Ashland woman." mil VI they are temporarily quartered during tions to Impress upon the twelve men the necessity of reaching a ver dict if possible. Just previously Montgomery Winn of the defense had suggested that Judge Davis call In the Jurors and ask if they had been able to reach a verdict as to any of the four defend ants. The Jurist said he might do this later but not now. He had In structed them to bring In a separate verdict for each. LABOR IN SECRET HOPEWELL, N. J., April 09. P Emissaries continued to labor in secret today to get the kidnaped son of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh back, but concrete developments were scarce. Two Norfolk Intermediaries were absent on unexplained missions last night while a third, Rear-Admiral Guy H. Burrage, said at Norfolk: "I had a long distance telephone talk with Colonel Lindbergh at Hope well tonight." He and his two colleagues, John H. Curtis, boat builder, and Dean H. Dobson -Peacock, have said they have cleared away a number of obstacles, between them and their objective, which Is return of the baby. I CORVALLlfl, Ore. April 29. -p) Mrs. Elsie Dudeck. 38, was killed un der her own car, eight miles west of Corvallls today. Investigating officers said Mrs. Du deck apparently had stopped her car i the steep approach to a bridge and for some reason had gone be hind the car. It rolled backward, tlppM over the embankment and pinned Mrs. Dudeck beneath It. LOAN OFFICE LOSES PORTLAND, April 29. P Unas sisted, a bandit held up the down tow nofflce of the Beneficial Loan Society of Oregon here at noon to day and escaped with 363 in cash, after threatening two women em ployes with a pltl. The two were the only persons In the office. After being told the manager was at lunch, the man drew the pistol and asked Miss Frsnsetta Prldeaux for the keys to the cash drawer, un locked It and drew out the currency. Friends and Foes Dine With President Hoover WASHINGTON, Aplrl 29. (AP) In all amity and social cordiality, presidential aspirants and political foes of President Hoover dined last night with the chief executive. A sparkling White House banquet for the state executives who had taken part In the governors' confer ence at Richmond, found Oovernor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York seated midway between the president and Mrs, Hoover. At the board also were Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland, and Governor White of Ohio, poten tial Democratic nominees, and Penn sylvania's Gilford Plnrhot, conspicu ous Republican foe of Mr. Hoover, i The 23 governors who attended! with the first ladies of their respect ive states, emerged In high good hu mor, full of quips for bustling and Inquisitive newspaper men. Did they talk politics? "Not a pol anl not a tick," said Pinchot, was spoken all night. Rooae velt and Ritchie admitted of having talked national affairs with Vie man 's h h f , and two enlisted men, shown consideration of the testimony E! ON SCHOOLMATE SALEM, April 29. (fl5) Four high school students, charged with assault and battery In the alleged kidnaping and beating of Victor DeJardln, schoolmate, were fined 935 each late yesterday In Justice court here, The boya are Frank Cross, James and Charles Reed and Olcn Moody. The charges against three others, who were reported to have participated in the kidnaping, were dismissed. The seven youths, declared to have been members of a recent society, were suspended from high school a week ago . after DeJardln reported he had been "taken for a ride" by them because he would not Join the organization. Following the kidnap ing, the school board Issued a blanket order ousting all secret societies from the school and suspending all mem bers of the boys' and girls' groups until they sign affidavits they have ceased, their affiliation. ' (Continued on page fourteen) BONUS OPPONENTS WASHINGTON, April 29. (AP) An economist and a soldier Joined today in opposing cash redemption of the soldiers' bonus now. Before the house ways and means committee, Professor Irving Fisher, Yale unlveslty economist, and Rich ard O'Neill, of New York, a former state chairman of the Disabled American veterans, assailed the Pat man full payment plan. Fisher said It would be a blow to business confidence. O'Neill, a holder of the congres sional medal of honor, said needy veterans should be helped, but that "the real veteran wants a job with a living wage." JAPANESE KILL 200 MANCHURIA REBELS TOKYO, April 39MP) The two day battle between General Mural's brigade of Japanese troops and Chin ese rebels, In which 300 rebels were killed without decisive advantage to either side, has been fought near Hallln, Manchuria, Japanese dis patches from Harbin said today. The buttle continued all Wednes day night and Thursday morning. with the Insurgents holding their strongly entrenched position. they hope to supplant aa White House host. "But you know, one cannot dis close his conversation after being at the White House," observed Roose velt. "I've ben there before, you know.' All did not go off quite smoothly, however, for one of the guests failed to arrive and the remainder were kept waiting 15 minutes. It was Oovernor Olson of Minnesota, who when found at his hotel explained he had frit his regrets from Richmond and could not attend because he had to catch an early '.rain. He excused himself again and the dinner pro ceeded without him. After dinner, and ths men's coffee and clgara In the president's study. there was a musicals presented by the scarlet coated marine band. Gov em or Ritchie observed afterwards: "We had fl-oent elgars, but the music started before we could smoke up more than 20 cents' worth." The entertainment over, the gov ernors scattered fox their borne states, BOMBING OF JAP OFFICERS SIS Five High Ranking Leaders Wounded As Korean Hurls Powerful Hand Grenade Into Reviewing Stand SHANGHAI, Saturday, Aplrl SO. (RP) The men who threw a bomb Into the midst of the highest rank ing Japanese officials In China, seri ously wounding five yesterday, was Identified by the police today as Yin Kltsu, a Korean revolutionary who came here last August from Man churia. The man was dragged off to a po lice station after he had thrown the bomb, but not before he had been severely beaten by the mob which closed In around him. Today there were reports he had died of his in juries, but these wero not confirmed. TOKYO. April 29 (AP) The new. of the wounding of Japan's four outstanding military, naval and dip lomats leaders at Shanghai by a bomb today was a tremendous ahock to Tokyo. Newsboys, shouting extra editions on the streets, broke the stillness of the capitals holiday in honor of the emperor's birthday. Pending official reports of the bombing the government gave no Indication of what Its action would be, although the belief was expressed In unofficial quartera that the sign ing of a Slno-Japanese truce, which was expected to occur tomorrow at Shanghai, would be delayed. By MORRIS J. HARRIS. (Associated Press Staff Correspondent) SHANGHI, China, April 29, (AP) . Five ranking Japanese army, navy and diplomatic officials were criti cally wounded today whan a bomb burst among them as they sat In a reviewing stand watching a military parade In honor of the birthday of Emperor Hlrohlto. All of them were In serious eon dltlon tonight, but the doctors thought they had a chance to re cover. Resume Patrol. Japanese troops appeared In the streeta of the Hongkey district im mediately, resuming the military pa trol which waa withdrawn after the fighting In - this area stopped two months ago. No one knew what the effect of this Incident would be on the long-drawnout peace parleys be tween the Chinese and Japanese, but It appeared certain that these nego tiations would suffer. A mob of spectators swirled about the man someone spotted as the bomb thrower and beat htm severely before the police broke through and dragged him away. Later the mili tary authorities aatd they had ft (Continued on Page Ten) - SALEM, April 39. (AP) Strict vigilance for any evidence of foot and mouth disease and strict quar antine and inspection at the port of Portland was ordered today by Max Gehlhar, following word from California of a breakout of the dis ease. Gehlhar said he received a tele gram from the California agricultu ral department stating that four ad joining hog ranches In Orange county were found Infected with hoof and mouth disease. The disease, however, was reported In a very limited area and the department has taken step to prevent spread to other ranches and to other states. WILL ROGER? HOLLYWOOD, Cnl Apr. 23. Say, I bet Al Smith threw a senre into some of these wise politicians that they don't for get for some distance. "WTio over advised Roosevelt to eater Hint primary anyhow f Running against Smith in Massachusetts' is like trying to win a debate with Sister Aimce on her own grounds. And Smcdloy Butler in Penn sylvania, he used fine judg ment. Ho ran as a "dry" in stead of as a marine. There is one thing you can bet on this year. No voter is going to do anything that a politician thinks he will. The way most people feel they would like to vole against all of 'cm if it was possible. g)t!tJlt)ltm!H IsMiMU, sv ,
