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The Weather Forecast: Tonight and Saturday showers; moderate temperature. Temperature Highest yesterday tea Lowest this morn In j 48 edford Mail Trikme Facts Not Claims You take no ctiance, on A. B. C. clrcuUtlon. No claims made the auditor's figures tell the story. The Mall Tribune Is Med(or6"s Only A. B. r. Nmspappr. Twenty-Seventh Year MEDFOKL), OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 20, lffiM. No. 5J. w m nn Ml M ffl FOK Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS HERE la an Interesting statement made to the writer the other day: "The soil In the old ted of Tule lake, which haa been drained and re claimed, la the second richest in the world, being exceeded In fertility only by the sou of the famed Nile val ley." OERHAPS you don't know where Tule lake la. For your Information, It Is In Northern California, partly in Modoc county and partly In Siskiyou. It Is a part of the great empire of Southern Oregon and Northern Cali fornia, so we have a friendly Interest In It, because we too are a part of this great empire, which will be neara irom increasingly in biiv uh, few yeara. IT MAY be, of course, that you won't need this explanation. You may know from the slightly boastful tone of this statement about the second richest soil In the world la that It la somewhere In California. If you are exceedingly clever, the qualified boast about Tule lake's soil being the SECOND richest In- the world will tell you that the location Is in Northern California. It It had been in Southern Cali fornia, It would have been the RICH EST soil In the world, with no quail ' fylng adjectives. That .la the way they do things down there. ..... IJUT let us poke no fun at Callfor nla'a habit of recommending herself highly. It la a OOOD habit. Nobody is ever going t recommend ua quite . as sincerely, and .enthusi astically as we can recommend our selves If we set out .to do a good Job of it. ' ' ' ' Down here in . Southern Oregon, let'a CPOY Calif ornta'a hamlt. when ever we have something good, let's tell the world about it In no uncer tain terms. That habit hasn't hurt California, and It won't hurt us. ' ' nuT to get back to Tule lake. it's a new little town, et down in the middle of a new Irrigated dis trict, with raw, rich land all around It land that has Just been taken up as irrigated homesteads. The town Itself is a little less than a year old and numbers some 30 houses, both completed and uncom pleted, and Its proud inhabitants tell you Its population has Just passed the 100 mark. A WORD now is to these lnhabi " tants. They are 90 per cent families of ex-service men, for ex-service men had preference in taking up the homeateads. So, naturslly. It follows that they are In their younger and more enthusiastic years t They are certainly an enthusiastic lot. Talk to ANY of them for any considerable length of time and you will come away wltb the notion firmly planted In your mind that Tule Lake Is going so be one of the great cities of the country one of these days. They Just KNOW It Is, because they sre going to make it that. IJERE S another 'interesting thing about this town of Tule Lake: It can't be bonded or taxed, because, you see, It Is still made up of home steads that haven't been proved up on and so la the property of the United States. Thst means that when they wan any Improvements they have to dig down in their pockets for what money Is required. As a matter of fact, when tliey want something they dig up whst money la sbsolutely nec esssry for materials and donate the labor. That Is how they got their fine American Legion hall. It's the way they're getting their streets and everything else In the way of public improvements. IT'S pretty' tough right now, of course; but JUST WAIT. One of these days, they'll have all of these things, and have them paid tor, and then, like Vie young couple who hart Just paid the last Installment on the hospital bill for the baby, they can say: li s our'. There will be no taxes to dig up (Continued oa Pag ") AMELIA BR ATLANTIC PERIL E Famous Aviatrix Makes Surprise SJart From Har bor Grace Heavy Laden Craft In Skillful Takeoff. HARBOR GRACE, N. P., May 20. i7P Amelia, Earhart Putnam hopped off at 4:51 p. m. (eastern standard time) for Paris. Mrs. Putnam, who had kept her destination secret until Just before the takeoff, set . out under Ideal weather conditions on her attempt to be the first woman to make a solo flight across the Atlantic. She lifted the heavily laden craft skilfully from the field and the red and gold plane disappeared east ward, heading over the same route she traveled four years ago when, as a passenger of Wilmer Stultz and Lou Gordon, she became the first woman to cross the Atlantic by air. Mrs. Putnam's plane had been checked by Bernt Balchen, famous filer, who accompanied her here to day from Hasbrouck Heights, N. J.. In & flight that was broken by a atop last night at St. John, N. B., and Eddie Gorskl, ' mechanic: A successful flight would give Mrs. Putnam the honor of being the first woman to solo the Atlantic. Balchen was her adylsor on route details and weather problems that she would be likely to encounter. Mrs. Putnam's plane Is a 600 -horse power Wasp-motored craft with cruising speed of 140 miles an hour, a maximum speed of 180, and a cruiS' lng radius of 3,200 miles. HOP TO FRANCE FIVE YEARS AGO NEW YORK, May .20. (AP) Col. Charles A. Lindbergh it was Just "Slim" . then, and no one paying much attention stepped into an airplane five years ago today with a pair of bam sandwlcches, and flew to Paris. May 20, 1927, at 6:52 o'clock In the morning; a date In the history books till the end of time. . Just Jive years ago; but history, a sluggard, sometimes writes with light ning. The intervening five years have been choked with drama for the De troit, Mich., boy who made good In the skies. Medals from congress; gold In pockets never too heavy with It; honors from royalty; parades, re ceptions, cheers glory beyond all his dreams; marriage to the daughter of a Morgan partner; parenthood, which was- the greatest honor of all; and today, only five years removed from virtual anonymity, he stood forth be fore a deeply sympathetic world, trag ically stripped of parenthood by mur der. Studious student of skyways, blaz er of trails over tropic Jungles and Arctic seas Charles Lindbergh found the quintennlal of his great triumph ghoulish nightmare of kidnap murder hysteria, a dizzy whirl of po lice, a bitter hodge-podge of lies, de ceit, extortion; and the whole hor rible scene red with his baby's blood. GIANT AIRPLANE DO-X LANDS AT H0LYR00D HOLTROOD. K. F., May 30. ( AP) The giant dirigible. Do-X. en route to Europe, landed st Holyrood at 9:20 a. m. (E. b. T), after flying from Dlldo, where it was forced to land yeesterdsy. NEW YORK, May 30. (API Lou Relchers, aviator forced down In the ocean 47 mllea off the Irish coast. returned to New York today aboard Captain Oeonre Frled's ship, the President Roosevelt, that rescued him. ALONE IN PLAN Churchman s Night Garb Issue in Morals Trial LONDON. En. May 20 APt Whether the Rev. H. F. Davidson wears pajamas or the old-fashioned nightshirt became a matter of im portance today In the consistory court at Church House, Westminster, where he Is being tried on charges of Immorality. R. F. Levy, counsel for the 82-year-old rector, brought up the night clothes Issue In an effort to Impeach the evidence of Barbara Harris, a pretty blonde and member of the considerable group of young women who ha-e testified against the cler gyman. Mim Hsrrls. the counsel tald. paint ed a lurid picture tn the course of her evidence, of what had occurred when st- waa la Hi. Davidsons Election Returns The Mall Tribune will collect and broadcast by loud speaker In front of its offices .tonight, elec tion returns in the county pri mary, as they are tabulated. The first totala will probably be announced between 8:30 and 9 and will continue until the re sults are known. From time to time wire bulletins by the Asso ciated Press on the results throug out the state will also be an nounced. All people of Jackson county Interested In getting the results aa early aa possible are In vited to listen to these returns u guests of the Mall Tribune. Through the courtesy of the 8. P. company the parking lot across from the Mall Tribune will be available for those wishing to re main in their cars. HEAVY BALLOTING S ELE Ashland, Central Point, Jacksonville, Eagle Point Report Outpouring Voters -Half Vote Expected. Up to noon today, voters were casting their ballots at the rate of 25 to 20 per hour. The morning vote was lighter than expected In the city, but mid-afternoon and evening was expected to see a rush of voters to the polls. A steady vote was being cast in Ashland. -' The country vote was also slow, during the morning hours, but was expected to speed up before the. polls closed. Jackson county voters today were saying It with ballots In 68 voting precincts. In most of the -voting places the polls opened at eight .o'clock..wlth voters ready. Indications were for a 50 per cent vote or higher. Cloudy skies with predictions of showers were forecast for the day. . A heavy vote was being cast In Ash land, Central Point. Jacksonville and Eagle Point during the morning. In the North Main precinct of this city sixteen votes were cast the first hour. This waa believed a fair aver age for the other 12 precincts of the city. The afternoon and evening are expected to' see a steady stream of voters. In some of the precincts there was the usual starting confusion, and the sheriff's office dispatched carpenters to several to Install new booths and repair old ones. "Lost" Ballots Found In one local precinct,, the officials (Continued on Page Four) JOSEPHINE VOTE GRANTS PASS. Ore., May 20. P) The vote In' Josephine county today promised to break all records, on the basis of available information at 2 p. m. The day was cloudy but the weather apparently kept none from the polls. A check-up of several polling places revealed that In the first three hours the polls were open half as many votes as had been cast In 12 hours In 1030, had been tallied. LITHfA HOTEL LEASE PORTLAND. May 20. iTp) Com pletion of a long-term lease on the Lit hi Springs hotel at Ashland, to W. M. Walls of Santa Barbara, Cal., was announced here today by A. L. Orutze, vice-president of the Title Ac Trust company. The hotel Is to be renovated for the tourist season this year. Walls operates a hotel at Santa Barbara. room. Levy pointed out: that the young woman mentioned a pair of pajamas In this testimony. The rector never wore pajamas and the defense will so prove. Levy in formed Vie court. He averted that Miss Hsrrls was lying out of malice and that she mas "biting the hand that fed her." The defense counsel's attack on Misa Harris came in a continuation of the speech he started yesterday In which he characterized Mr. David son aa a "troublesome busybody" who "ktasea all sorts of people." When Mr. Levy had concluded hi address Mr, Davidion took the stand and declared he had never been : guilty of immorality and never had lived la adultery. , OF JOHN CURTIS Hoaxer's Whereabouts On Night Of Ransom Paying Cleared Up To Satisfac tion Of State Police. HOPEWELL, N. J., May 20. (AP) State police disclosed today that they are still investigating the whereabouts of John H. Curtis. Jailed Norfolk hoaxer, on the night of April 2, the night that Dr. John F. Condon paid a 950,000 ransom in futile hops of ob taining return of the Lindbergh baby. It Is known that Curtis came to New York from Norfolk on April 2 but his actions and whereabouts at all times on that day and night have not been definitely established. The statement that the Investiga tion of this phase of the case was still going on came as a considerable sur prise, however, as Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, head of the state police, announced yesterday that Curtis had been absolved of any connection with the kidnaping or collection of ransom. Col. Schwarzkopf, in his mid-afternoon bulletin today also took cogni zance of a published report that Curtis' activities might have been part of a rum-running plot. As yet, he said, nothing had devel oped to corroborate this theory. HOPEWELL. N. J., May 20. (AP) Balked In renewed efforts to Induce Rev. H. Dobson-Peacock to come here for questioning, police hunting the kidnaper-murderers of the Lindbergh baby sought help today from two mysterious sources. One was a "known gangster" who was understood to have said in Mary land before the body waa found the baby was dead. The other mysterloii matter under .Investigation to determine If there waa any connection with the Lind bergh case was "the recent attempted King kidnaping," not more specifical ly described by police for fear of hin dering tne Investigation. Jafsle Sticks to Story Whlle-these Investigations wer go ing forward, Dr. John F. Condon, who as "jafsie" paid a futile $50,000 ran som to supposed kidnapers of the Lindbergh baby, told a Bronx county, New York, grand Jury how he handed .(Continued on Page Three) ffCABE. ATTORNEY HERE IN BRIEF VISIT ' R, A.' McCnbe', former city attorney of Medford, Is visiting old friends In the city en route to his home In Salinas, Cal., after a most Interesting inp or nearly a year In foreign landa. A aeries of letters written by Mr. McCabe from England. Belgium and France were printed In the Mall Tribune several months ago and aroused a great deal of local Inter est.. Bince thea the former Medford- Ite has visited Russia, which Inter ested him more than any other country. H la frankly In eympathy with tfie Soviet government am) maintains thst communism has many advantages over capitalism, In the direction of aoclal progress and bet terment. While not an advocate of any such chsnge In this country, Mr. McCabe docs believe a very radi cal changes In. our customs and practices must be made, not through revolution but evolution. Another result of his trip through the Seven Seaa waa to make him an ardent opponent of prohibition. The only drunks he encountered In his thoussnds of miles of travel were three U. S. revenue officers who boarded hie ship et Norfolk, Virginia, and made a nuisance of themselves. An effort is being made to keep Mr. McCabe here over the week end so he can address some on of the serv ice clubs, but he hsd planned to leave tonight or tomorrow. THEATERS TO RECEIVE Election returns, gathered by the Mall Tribune, will be read tonight at the Fox Craterlan and Rial to theater and at the Holly theater aa occasions permit during the pro gress of pictures at the three play houses. Due to the Intense Interest throughout the volley in the coun ty election, this service has been arranged for the benefit of the theaters' patrons. PIM Killed. BUFFALO. N. Y., May 20 V Harvey Ogden chief test pilot fr the Curt las Aeroplane and Motor com pany, waa killed today when an arm, . observation plane he was piloting t crashed near J3wmaaavUl, FIGURE IN EFFORTS TO TRACE LINDBERGH KIDNAPERS j,) ' 7 jewi .nm i jK'irr..T-.-TTTi-.'wT Bt.jyi.,reTW)aiil iMaMajiTra-rrrwyyg dO.NM LM. T n j . . Auioctafd Prist PAor. J. EdRar Hoover (left), chief of the department of justice investigation bureau, has been proposed by Attorney-General Mitchell to co-ordinate the agencies seeking the kidnapers of the Lindbergh baby. Erwin E. Marshall (center), as prosecutor of Mercer county. New Jersey, ia taking active part in the man hunt, and W. H. Moran (right), chief of the secret service of the treasury department, haa bad orders from Washington to aid in the esse. JAFSIE EVASIVE IMS TO POLICE OFFICIAL NEW ROCHELLE, N, Y., May 20, (AP) Coming here from a Bronx country grand Jury chaxer where he told of paying a futile 950,000 ransom for return of the Llnd bergh baby. Dr. John F. Condon engaged In a sharp verbal ex change with Director of Public Saf ety James Curley. Condon was brought to head quarters as soon as he arrived and waa Introduced to Curley. "We are willing to help you as much aa possible," Curley. sid, -be cause of your connection with one of our colleges, providing you are willing to give a description of the person you are seeking." Condon merely shook his head and Curley then asked If the sup posed kidnaper Condon sought was connected with the Arthur (Dutcn Schultz) Flelgenhelmer gang. "Who are you?" aaid Condon, and to various other questions he mere ly repeated belligerently "Who are you?" "Never mind who I am." Curley burst out at length. "You'll find out aoon enough." Condon flatly refused to tell Cur ley aa to whether there- waa be lieved to be any West Chester coun ty connection with the kidnaper. After a heated argument he was taken to the rogues gallery where he viewed 780 pictures, then going to a local school to conduct an examination of teachers. E Slight changes In the schedule of the Southern Pacific trains were an nounced today by A. 8. Rosenbaum, district freight and passenger agent. They will become effective May 22. In accordance with the changes, the morning train from the north will be known as 329 and will arrive at 9:10, departing at 9:30. The north bound Shasta will leave at 11:64 a. m. Instead of 12:01 p. m. The Shasta, south bound, will leave at 6:3fi p. m. The north bound eve ning train will be No. 330 and will leave at 8:35. 4 ST. Li ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 20. (AP) A band of 310 mar veterans, most of them from Oregon, were quartered in a railroad yard here today, en route to Washington, where they ex pect tn petition congress for passsge of the bonus bill. The group arrived here at 4:50 a. m., aboard a Wahmh train which they commandeered at Council Bluffs, Iowa., after the trainmaster there failed to provide them with extra box cars In which to ride. Police reserves with riot guns met them here today, but after they quietly pitched camp only a small police contingent remained to keep order. Caesarian Baby For Mrs. Baker By Caesarian operation, Mra. H. L. Baiter of 555 Haven street, gave birth to a daughter today at the Community hospital. The baby weighed seven pounds. Mra. Bsker is getting along nicely, and ao is the little daughter, Mr. Baker an nounced this afternoon. BASEBALL RESULTS 1 National B. H. E. Pittsburgh 5 13 0 St. Louis 0 3 0 French and Grace; Derringer ,Carle ton and Mancuao. B. H. E. Chicago .............. 3 7 0 Clnclnnstl . 8 8 3 (11 Innings.) Warneke and Hartnett; Trey, John son and Lombardl. B. H. E. Philadelphia 0 8 8 Boston 10 J 3 0 Collins, Grsbowski, Dudley and V. Davis, Todd; Beets and Hargrave, R. H. E. Now York - 9 11 1 Brooklyn 4 U 1 Hubbell and Bogan, OTarrcll; Vance; Thurston snd Lopee. ' ' ' , American B. , H. E. Boston . 18 1 Philadelphia 8 11 2 Durham, Moore, Kline and Tate, Conally: Walberg, Grove and Coch rane. B. H. E. 81 Louis 7 11 3 Cleveland 11 3 Hadley. Hebert, Bengough, Cooney and B. Ferrell: W. Perrell, Conally, Hudlln and Myatt. B. H. E. Detroit 8 IS 3 Chicago - 4 7 1 Bridges, Hogett and Hayworth; Prasler and Berry. (11 Innings.) , B. H. E. Washington 8 0 1 New York 8 8 0 Weaver, Burke and Berg; Oomes and Dickey, I FACE OF WORKER POREST GROVE. Ore., May 30. (AP) His face pierced by a splinter of wood 13 feet long. Louis Winter, s mill worker, wss seriously Injured here Thursday. More than three feet of the splinter pierced his face and It waa necessary to saw off the ends before he could be taken to a doctor. The wound ex tended from his mouth to the base of hla left ear, and 88 atltches were required to close It, Lobbyist Probe Asked In Senate WASHINGTON, May 30. (AP) A demand for congressional Investiga tion of lobbyists was laid before the senate today by Sonator Wheeler (D., Mont.) In the midst of debate on the tax bill. Hoover and Roosevelt Near Convention Choice NASHVILLE, Tenn , Maq 30,-VP) The Tennessee Democratic conven tion today instructed the slate's del egation to the national convention to cast It 34 votes as a unit for tha presidential nomination of Oovsmor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York. By Bl RON I'HK'K WASHINGTON, May 30. (AP Hastening Its pace to the quickstep of convention-time, national politics Is parading the namea of Hoover and Roosevelt, and the issues of prohibi tion and federal relief, noisily to ward June and cnieago. If Governor Rooseveelt receives all the votes claimed for him, he will stand tomorrow night very close to a convention majority. - If President Hoover carries tha Ore gon primary today he will have tin dlsputably pledged to him enough delegates to nominate L WASHINGTON. May 30. (API Hundreds of communications poured Into Speaker Garner's office today endorsing the three point relief pro gram he proposed yesterday and which was warmly received by both republican and dcmocratlo members of the house. Indications are the t a, 100 ,000. 000 program will be Incorporated Into one btll and referred by Speaker darner to the house waya and- means' Tom m It tee. Restrictions on tha reconstruction finance corporation that prevent the board from helping what ha termed the "great middle class of producers in the country," were criticised today by Speaker Garner In discussing his relief program with newspapermen. The Texas democrat said the board had helped, the big rallroada and oth er Interests to meet current bills and to pay off debt, but It had done nothing to Increase employment. It also, he aald, advanced money to tenant farmers, whom he described aa the "poorest producers," but "It had done nothing to help the great middle class of producers, which are the most substantial and who consti tute the backbone of American enter prise." APPLEGATE BOY FOUND APPLEOATE. May 20. (Spl.) Glenn West of Little Applegate waa found by his mother. Mrs. J. A. West. In an unconscious condition, lying across the gas tank of this brothers car, Wednesday evening. The little boy had been playing near the car with his brother, sister and a neighbor's child. His brother hsd been draining gasoline from t'.ie tank, and had failed to replace the cap. Glenn was unable to walk for some time. Jewel Thief In Brazilian Cell PERNAMBUCO, Brasll, May 30, (AP Captain William Barrett, for merly of, Hillsboro, Ore., wanted for the alleged larceny by bailee of about ,125,000 worth of Jewelry from Mrs. John D, Sprecklrs Jr., dsughter-ln-law of the San Fran cisco sugar king, In 1930, now la serving six years In federal prison here for counterfeiting. For the Democrats, especially, the third week of May la writing Import ant history, A succession of speeches and state ments has evidenced a growing de termination to write a federal relief plank of sorts Into tha party plat form. The Roosevelt boom haa rolled on. Kansas, New Mexico, Montana, South Carolina, Vermont and the District of Columbia, by Instruction or pledge, have raised the total of Roosevelt's column to 438, exclusive of New York and Pennsylvania, where hU mana gers claim another 105. Tennessee and Oregon, acting today, and Ne vada, acting tomorrow, promise to sdd 40 more, Thst will make. In all, a claimed total of 67,1, with only a email per centage of tha claims disputed. A convention majority of bit. and T70 are needed to nominate. Nearly 300 remain to be selected. BANKERS PLAN E IDLE DOLLARS New Move To Put Millions In Circulation Opened By Big Business Group Headed By Owen Young. WASHINGTON, May 30. (API President Hoover today called upon the governora of all federal reserve districts to set up committees of business men and bankers similar to that created in New York in an effort to pump new credit into business channels. Expressing gratification at the ac tion announced by George U Har rison, governor of the Federal Re serve bank in New York, the pres ident told newspapermen that If other governora would follow this lead he would call alt the chair men of such committees Into con ference In Washington. This, he said, would place the whole program "on a national basis.' President Hoover today sent Sec retary Mills to New York and the first meeting of the New York com mittee, headed by Owen D. Young, was held In Mills' New York home at his Invitation. NEW YORK, May 30 jip) A new move to put hundreds of millions of Idle dollars to work was started to day by a powerful committee of bankers and Industrialists under tha chairmanship of Owen D, Young. The group was called together by George L. Harrison, governor of the New York Federal Reserve bank, to mako the federal reserve's policy of credit expansion effective and in an swer to a demand In many quarters for more drastic means of stimulating a recovery In prices, ; Deflation Unchecked. ' It was pointed out that In spite of the fact that the federal reserve system has purchased'' 9735,000,000 of United States government securities, releasing funds capable of supporting 7,360,000,000 of bank credit, the de flation of bank loans and Investments has been unchecked. Fear and un certainty on the part of banks and the Investing public alike have prevented the reserve's policy from taking its full effect. By the formation of the new com mittee, financial authorities hope to find the moans for bringing together the vast surplus of Idle funda in the banks and the many worthy projects In need of credit that exist through out the country. Loans on Homes Possible. Members of the group as Id after (Continued on page two) THREE FOLD RELIEF WA8HINOTON, May 30. (AP) The three-fold farm relief plan of the major farm organisations, call ing for the equalization fee, export debentures, snd s domestic allot ment plan of distributing was re-' ported favorably today by the sen ate agriculture committee. WILL- ROGERS HOLLYWOOD, Col.. May 19. Well of all the fool things to hit tha country in tho face with in this guy's story. Ho was supposed to bo n reputable busi ness man. That should have boon a tip to tis right there, for being no business now there enn't possibly be any business man. Then he was heartily in dorsed by n preacher and an ex-admiral. Well, we know that a preacher will fall for inything and a retired admiral' is not exactly a William Tink erlon. Now you can't blame poor Lindbergh, for in his position he was grabbing at every straw, but the rest of us were just carrying out America's reputa tion for being t 1 Well, add your own lust words PRYING LOOS Qjiii, MiNiwsi s efc, . .
