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Newspaper Page TextMedford Mail Tribune The Weather Forecast: Tonight and Friday fair, but with occasional cloudiness; not much chan(i In temperature. Highest yesterday 74 Lowest this morning 40 Facts Not Claims Ton take no chances on A. B. O. circulation. No claims made tha auditor's figures tell the story. Tha Mall Tribune Is Medford's Only A. B. C, Newspaper. Twenty-Seventh Year MEDFOliD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 26. 1932. No. 56. IFIB1 TTEflffl 05-ESI1 . . EE 1ES :i-71 M . Comment on the. Day's Nezvs By FRANK JENKINS Congressman Hawiey. apparent- ly, haa been defeated, although the unofficial figures are ao clooe that they might b upset by errors. That, however, la Improbable. It may be aafely assumed that Mr. Hawley'a long political career In con gress haa coma to Its close. IT has been said frequently that, bis part In locating tha soldiers' home at Roaeburg was the chief cause of hla defeat. . Thla writer doesn't belleva that. Mr. Hawley'a part In the location of the aoldlera' home was ao outstand ingly honorable apd straightforward and fair that In this writer's Judg ment It WON him support Instead of losing It. HE gave his word to Roseburg at a time when Roseburg had been endorsed by every other city In the atats. Having given hla word, he KEPT IT. In the face of severe pres aure to do otherwise, Thla writer refuses to believe that honorably keeping one'a pledged word will ever loae anybody votes In Oregon. HAWLEY la a Hoover man, and although thla writer believes In Hoover and expects to vote for him, It la undoubtedly true that Hoover la not popular. Being a friend of Hoover does no candidate any good thla year. Hawiey waa one of the authors of the Hawley-Smoot tariff law, and tariff laws are popular In these daya only among those who get direct protection from them. THEN- Hawiey 'is' a sincere dry. running against an open wet, and In this particular year there Is an unmistakably strong reaction against flat-footedly dry candidates especially In the Willamette val ley, where the hop crop waa once tremendously Important, and where they have an Idea that It will become Important again If eomethlng hap pens to prohibition. That had a lot to do with the result. IN Hawiey, Oregon loses a big man, a powerful man a man capable of getting more for Oregon In one term of congress than hla successful opponent can get In the next ten years. " But such la politics. Two thous and years ago, you know, the Qreeka banished Arlstldes because, they said, they were "so tired of hearing him called The Just." Hawiey has represented the first district of Oregon for more then 30 yesrs, and represented It ably Twenty yeara la a long span, and voters in his district were getting tired of hearing him referred to as a big man Just as the Oreeks of 20 centuries ago were tired of hear ing Arlstidea referred to as "The Just." IN this tame Oregon primary, more votes were cast for Frsnce, of Maryland, whose name was formally printed on the ballot, than for Hoo- ver, whose name had to be WRIT TEN IN. Washington political observers In terpret this as a slap at the presi dent. THIS writer, who may be wrong, doesn't think so. The fact that so very, very many people took tha trouble to, WRITE IN the name of Hoover on the bal lot, Instead of merely marking a cross In front of the name of France, which was the only ntma printed on the ballot, would seem to Indicate to thla writer that there la a LOT of genuine belief In Hoover In Oregon. BUT enough of polltlca. Probably you noticed In the pa pers ihe other dsy thst a woman In Europe who poisoned her Incurably sick mother In order to put her out of her misery was NOT ACQUITTED of the chsree of murder, but In stead was convicted in a minor de gree and given a moderate sentence. WHAT would YOU hate dona If you .had been on that Jury? You may answer thst you would have voted for acquittal, on the theory that It was an act of mercy lo put an Incurably sick woman out of her misery. (Continued aa P&g Wlas MARY GILBERT IN OF E Brilliant Girl, Formerly Prominent in High School Faculty, Hangs Self in Kansas Sister's Home LAWRENCE, Kan., May 29. (API- Overwork and despondency were blamed today for the death Tuesday night of Miss Mary Gilbert, 30, of Salem, Ore., who hanged herself at the home of her sister here. The girl, a graduate student of University of Kansas, was to have received a masters degree in English Mary Gilbert at commencement exercises next week. The girl killed herself at the home of .her Bister, Dr. Marjorle Cuts- forth. 'Miss Gilbert, who was (in Instruc tor in the Medford high school for five years, was a prominent member of the school faculty, and was well liked by the hundreds of students attending the school. She was con sidered very Intellectual. For two years. Miss Gilbert was head of the English department of the school, 'and the succeeding year supervised the Latin department. She resigned from both positions. She acted as advisor for several student organizations, and was critic for the HI Times, a student publication, one year. The Mermaid Tavern, a literary and dramatic students club organ ized at the school by Miss Gilbert, presented several public programs (Continued on Page Six) T L EIS After a thorough study of condi tions and prospects for the future in southern Oregon and northern Cali fornia, Swift and Co., whose branch 1 in Medford waa destroyed by f'.re several weeks ago, have decided to continue the branch at Medford. have taken a long-time lease on the build ing in the third block north of Main on Fir street and will begin Monday remodeling and Installing a modern cooler and other equipment which will make the Medford branch one of the most modern on the coast. The building has 100-foot frontage on Fir street ano" Is 125 feet deep. For several years the poultry and eag department of Swift Co. has occupied part of the building and a feed store the other part. The lat ter will be moved so Swift A' Co. can occupy the entire building with their combined meat, poultry and egg business. The meat department, smce the (Continued on Page Six FLORENCE New ferry started ser vice between this place and Glenada. beaarasgegayjjyyaawl Aa..v7 - CRAZED KNIFE WIELDER KILLS GIRL WOUNDS TWO CLEVELAND, May 38. F) A knife-wielder who called hlmelf "Mystery Jake." attacked a crowd of school children today, stabbed one girl to death and perhaps fatally injured two more. He was captured by Patrolman Charles Mischely, as hundreds of per sons gathered and threatened mob action. The man Incoherently muttered he 'had a call to kill millioni" and call ed on the patrolman to "Kill mf, kill me; I hare not killed fnouph." Tiie dead 1U was lalae Mackifl, Capone Favored As President By Union Co. Voter LA ORANDE". Ore., May 38. (P) Al Capone, now serving a term in federal prison for Income tax eva sion, haa at least one friend In Union county. When the official canvass of primary election votes was completed here today, It was lesrned that Capona received a write-In vote for the presidential nomination on the Republican ticket. Write-ins were unusually numerous in this county this year. DRY LAW AS BASIS OF PARIS, May at). (flV General John J. Pershing declared today that pro hibition In the United States Is the basis of racketeering and that it never would have been adopted if the masses of the people had voted on it. The general made these assertions In a pungently-phrased speech be fore the American club. Vigorously attacking "conditions of lawlessness" In the United States, the general blamed them on the ll&t- lessness and apathy of the American people themselves. He declared the voters permitted such evils as brigandage, racketeer ing, bootlegging and gangsters by falling to vote the proper men into office. General Pershing declared he un derstood the feeling with which posses In the old days strung up out laws although he did not advocate auch methods. 4- QUIZ IS OPENING IN RECALL MOVE NEW YORK. May 2e Angrily charging his examination before the Hofastadter legislative committee was a preliminary to seeking his removal from office. Mayor James J. Walker today continued his recital of "count less kindnesses" shown him as mayor of New York. Today's session, the second at which the mayor has occupied the witness chair, began 1U pleasantries and an exchange of courtesies be tween Walker and Samuel Seabury, chief counsel of the committee delv ing into the city's affairs. But acri mony soon burst out and the mayor gave way to the angriest outburst yet witnessed in the chamber. "I'm here as a witness," the mayor exclaimed, "but It begins to look as though somebody were after my life. "It Is apparent this Is Just an- ex- (Continued on Page Seven) KILLED IN SMASHUP INDIANAPOLIS, May a (AP) Tossed from an ill-fated race car as It hurdled the outer retaining wall at the Indianapolis motor speedway. Harry Cox. 20. riding mechanic, was killed, and Benny Bene field, 39, driver, was Injured yesterday. The men, botrt of Indianapolis, were making a practice spin prepar ing to try to qualify for the 600 mtle race to be run here Monday. Grande Ronde Has Frost, No Damage LA GRANDE, Ore., May 38. (yp The Orande Ronde valley experienced frost last night, although wind pre vented damage In most sections. Cherries, apples and prunes are far enough along to escape damage from ordinary front, fruitgrowers say. They are anticipating good crops in this 8. The critically Injured were Lena DfAand. 12. and Rose Marie Parker 8. They were on their way to school The man, who gave his name as Jake Gordon, 40. plunged into a group of children, brandishing a knife, and slashed the throat of the Mackln girl, wltnewes said. Then he turned on th other two girls and cut them about the throat. Screams attracted Patrolman Ml chely, who caught the man In the middle of the street. The atUwker submitted to arrest without violence. Police said the man talked in sanely. RACKETEERING DELZELL S LEAD CUT TO 1 VOTE BY LATE Democrats in Dead Heat for Nomination to Congress As Official Figures From Lane County Counted PORTLAND. Ore., Msy 28 (AP) By the margin of one solitary vote, Harvey Starkweather led William Del sell in their fight for the democratic nomination as congressman from the first Oregon district, with official re turns tabulated from 14 of the IT counties In the district. Starkweather had 12,127 votes, and Delzell 21,126. Starkweather'a gain was made In official returns from Clatsop county. The unofficial returna there had given him 288 votes, but the official Increased It to 290. Delzell's count of 221 remained un changed, but his earlier lead of three votes In the state waa overcome. Meanwhile, with 14 of the 17 coun tlea marked official on the republi can ticket, James W. Mott continued to lead Representative Willis C. Haw ley for renomlnatlon as congressman from the first district. Official changes tabulated by the Associated Press at 1:30 p. m- gave Mott 30,684 votea, and Hawiey 30,714. DECORATION DAY FOR RITES HERE The program and arrangements for Decoration Day, Monday, May 30, In Medford, were announced today as follows : . A street parade will be formed at the City park at 9:30 a. m. and will move down Main street to Bear Creek bridge where it will be halted and there will be: 1. Invocation by Rev. W. H. Eaton 3. Strewing flowers on the water In honor of the memory of com rades w,ho have given their lives In the service of our country on the sea. 3. Firing salute. 4. Taps. The parade will then return via Main street to the City park where the following exercises will take place: 1. Call to order by Comrade Wil liam Colvlg, past commander of the Department of Oregon, Grand Army of the Republic. 3. Music. 3. Invocation by the Rev. George P. Kabele. 4. Reading of orders, Including General Logan's first Memorial Day general order, by Comrade J O. Woods of the Orand Army of the Republic. 6. Music. 8. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address by Comrade William Colvlg. 7. Decoration of vacant chairs by representatives of veteran and pat riotic organizations In honor and In memory of comrades who are In their final earthly rest. 8. Main address by Rev. A. G. Ben nett of Medford. 9. Singing "America, by audience. 10. Benediction by the Rev. George P. Kabele. If the weather Is stormy the exer cises Intended for the park will be In the Presbyterian church. (Continued on Page Seven) WIND DELAYS HOP FOR JAPAN SHORE SEATTLE, May 3ft (AP) Lck of a south wind prevents Natnsn C. Browns from leaving Boeing field to day on hla projected non-stop flight to Tokyo. Irritated at the detny, the New York aviator remained at the field, hoping a south wind of sufficient strength to aid him In hla take-off would spring up during the morning. THREE NEBRASKANS KILLED BY T TRENTON, Neb, May 2ft (AP) A tornado sweeping serosa Southwestern Nebraska yesterday caused the deaths of three persons aisd Injuries to nearly a score of others. . The dead are Mr. and Mrs. John Newport, both about 83, of near Cor nell, an Inland rtllaga IS miles south- e.st of here, and Mrs. Wsrd Carey of near Herabey, 60 oulw north of ben. BASEBALL RESULTS National R H K Pittsburgh 8 6 0 Cincinnati 2 1 Harris. Swift snd Grace; Lucas and Lombard I. Boston IS 30 9 Philadelphia 17 19 J Setts, Cunningham, Canteen and Hargrave; Collins. Frankhouse, Nich ols. J. Elliott, Benge and V. Davis, Mc- Curdy. Brooklyn S 0 1 New York 3 11 0 12 Innings). Clark and Lopes, Rubbell and Ho gan, O'Farrell. American It H E New York 8 7 ? Washington 0 5 1 Ruffing and Dickey; Crowder and Berg, Maple. (First game) Chicago Detroit 3 11 7 3 13 3 O rube; Caraway, Gregory and Brldgers, Fleber and Ruel. Philadelphia . 7 Boston 1 (Called end 6th, rain.) Earnshaw and Cochrane, Hevlng; Durham, Llsenbee, Moore and Connal- PORTLAND, Ore., May 38. (AP) Johnny Robblns, Alderwood medal ist, defeated Ray Isaacs, a clubmate, 5 and S In the Oregon state golf tournament today, and prepared, to play Lea Nichols, Lake Oswego, In the third round thla afternoon- In the next bracket were Joe Brown, winner over Ruas Burdette, Inverness, 4 and 8 and Dr. O. P. Willing, Wav- erly, victor over William Grlgsby, Portland. --and 4, . Frank Dolp, Alderwod, had a battle on his hands to defeat BUI Blaufus, Inverness, 2 and 1. Million Dollars For Owyhee Work WASHINGTON. May 28. (AP) One million dollars will be available July I for work on the Owyhee pro ject In eastern Oregon, according to notice Representative Butler has re ceived from Commissioner Mead. This sum will flncance construction un til January. How Jackson Names and No. of Precincts Ashland Boulevard Ashlsnd Esst Central . Ashlsnd West Central Ashland Oak Ashland North . Ashland Esst Ashland Southeast Ashland Northwest Ashland West Antloch Applegate Barron Belleview Butte Falla Central Point North Central Point South Climax . Derby . Deter Eagle Point ..................... Plounca Bock Foot Creek Ooll Hill Orlflln Creek Howard Jacksonville North . Jacksonville South Lake Creek Medford North Main Medford South Main Medford North Central Medford South Central Medlord North Riverside Medford Oskdsle Medford Newtown . Medford Northesst Medford Southeast - Medford Esst Medlord Southwest Medford West Medford Northwest .. Mound Orchsrd Home Perrydale .. PSoenla East Phoenlk West Plnehurst . Rogue River ...-... Rosy Ann .-, Ssm's Vslley Sterling Talent East . . Talent West Trail i Onion . Walhlns Willow Springs jWiiner TOTAL, FOR ROOSEVELT BY WIDE Al Smith Garnered But 22 Votes for Presidential Preference Reed and Roberts Justice Choice Republican voters of Jackson county at the Friday primary took time to "write In" the name of President Hoover 948 times, accord ing to the official count completed late yesterday. Josuph I. France of Maryland, whose name appears on the ballot, received 2992 votes. France Is a semi-unknown political self-starter. For vice-president, Charles Curtis received 224, R. A. Booth or Eugene 72, and Cha.les G. Dawes 8. On the Democratic ticket, a de cided preference was shown locally for Franklin D. Roosevelt, the vote being as follows: Roosevelt . 190S Murray Garner .... 11 Smith 22 E. C. King of Ashland received 105 votes for the Democratic nomina tion for assessor and H. A. Autrey 71 votes for county treasurer. Their names will be duly Inscribed on the ballots next November, and they will oppose J. B. Coleman and A. O. Walker, the unopposed Republican nominees of the primary. On the non - partisan Judiciary ticket Henry J. Bean, veteran Jurist, received the highest vote In this county. The count was as follows: Position No. 1. Bean 4043 nrand 148 Hewitt , 208 McCulloueh . MB Fosltlon No. 1 Bailey "... Brown ... Graham . 4047 . 3148 , 1469 (Continued on Page Six) 4 Relief Program Given Approval WASHINGTON, May 28. (AP) Speaker Garner today emerged from a Democratic conference and an nounced he had received unanimous approval. of his 81,100.000,000 relief program and It would be introduced tomorrow In the house. 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S 4 ' 1 .... 10 8 18 8,8 7 17 12 30 10 13 0 28 3 14 8 10 .... 4B 838 1583 883 I8 783 1131 1338 1887 850 (ft Police Gazette Brings $545 At Bankrupt Sale NEW YORK. May 28. (AP) Ihe physical property, good will and subscription list of the Police Cassette, 85-year-old aportlng pub lication which recently went into bankruptcy, were sold today for 9645. The purchaser was David M. Schwarta, an attorney, acting for a client whose Identity waa not disclosed. Schwarta said the magazine would be puhlifthed. TURTLE CAUSE OF Fred ffimpson of Salem suffered a five-Inch cut on his chest yesterday noon when the broken steering gear of the car was shoved Into hla body by the Impact of his car against a telephone pole on the Pacific high way at Phoenix. The crash also in jured his wife and son. Mrs. Simpson, who was tnrown through the windshield of the car, received several cute and suffered severely from shock. Their itve- vear-old son Glen was also badly cut. The trio was taken to the offices of Drs. Dan E. and Susie V. Standard at Phoenix, where they were cared for. and brought to the Sacred Heart hospital by them. The family was en route home to Salem from California, where they had been for the past two months, looking for work, and when in the vicinity of Talent, saw a dry-land turtle, which they picked up and placed on the floor of the car in the front soat, where all three were riding. The turtle moved toward the lit tle boy's feet, frightening htm, and when Mr. Simpson turned to look at the boy, he lost control of the car, running into a telephone pole. Glen was thrown to the bottom of the car by the crash. Mr. Simpson was reported as rest ing easily at the hospital today, but the extent of internal Injuries had not been determined. Mrs. Simpson and son are stopping at the Y. W. C. A. here. Their car waa completely demolished. ASHLAND Entrance to Elks Tem ple on Main street painted and re paired. Justice SHerlff . .,-. FOUR IN BATTLE TST. I Charles Erway Sustains Se rious Wounds A. E. and Elden Lindsay Jailed Lee Smith Fourth Man Charles Erway, 1118 West Ninth street, sustained severe but not nee easarlly fatal knife wounds about the neck and shoulders, as the climax of a fight this afternoon, on South Front street, between A. E. Lindsay and Elden Lindsay, father and son. and Lee Smith and Erway. The Lind says are held In the crty Jail. Er way's wounds were dressed by Dr. R. W. Sleeter. The fight occurred In front of Price's secondhand store, and was stopped by Rankm Estes. Chief or Police McCredle attributed the battle to a dispute over liquor. The elder Lindsay attributed the cause to bad blood over domestio matters, which hsve existed for some time. He claimed his home has been broken up. The fight occurred when the four men met on South Front street, and hot words led to, blows. During the melee a knife wa drawn, but it haa not been established which one of the Landsays wielded It. The elder Lindsay sustained facial Injuries and gashes. The son waa unscathed. All the participants are residents of thla city. F BEER SU5 EUGENE, Ore., May 2ff. (AP) Twenty-two cases of beer. 40 gal lons of beer mash, some empty bot tles and an account book were seized by state and county officers here Tuesday, and Mrs. Frances Zlolkosky, her daughter, Josephine, and two sons. Cudgel and Stanley, were arrested on oharges of posses' slon of liquor. The four were arraigned In Justice court today and pleaded not guilty. Ball was set at $300 each for the women, and tfiOO each for the men. The arresting officers said the ac count book indicated 1,135.J0 was taken In between November 1 and May al. BOY BREAKS LEG Philip Boyer suffered a broken leg this morning when he waa thrown from hla motorcycle by a eolllslon with the automobile driven by H. J. Fleischer of Central Point, 13 miles north of Medford. In a report filed by Mr. Fleischer at the city police station, he had stopped his car to see If he had a flat tire, and when he waa starting up sgsln, Boyer crsshed Into his ear with bis motorcycle. WILL- ROGERS p.igys: BEVKRLY HILLS, Cal., May 25 The wholo country, includ ing Nicholas Murray Butler, been knocking the senate ao much lately till they just had a session yesterday and held clinic over their own body, and do you know, they couldn't find a thing wrong with themselves. Both parties jimt spent th session scratching each other's back and us paying for the manicure. But give the devil his due, they have their troubles. Every time they went to tax something a voter would rise up and say, "yeah." It's been a tough year to be a senator. It's been a tough, year to be anything. Even Ca pone had a tough year. So what can you expect from other industries. 1 .. .ltl,NNlsII.WlsU,'.