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The Weather
Forecast: Tonight and Wednesday
unsettled, probably with showers.
Temperature
Highest yesterday SO
Lowest this morning ISA
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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1932.
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Comment
the.
on
Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
HERE Is an InterestSlng sign of the
times:
Homestead filings at the D. S. lend
office at Roseburg, since the first of
January of this year, have far sur
passed in number those of any pre
vious six months in toe history of
the office except, of course, in the
years of big land openings.
Approximately 300 filings have
been made on homesteads since the
first of the year, and 28 have been
made since the first of June or more
than two a day.
MOST of these filings, the clerk of
the land office Bays, have been
made by men who have Incomes that
are too small to enable them to live
in any degree of comfort at all in
the cities.
Since fcey are nnaWe to secure
employment to heip out their small
incomes, they are getting back to the
land. Almost without exception, they
plan to keep a cow and a few chick
ens, and grow a garden.
TWO of these homesteads have been
taken by ex-service men who are
drawing disability pensions.
They have been ordered by their
physicians to live at a high eleva
tion, so they are taking up land on
the very summit of Burnt mountain,
in toe North Umpqua country.
They are hoping that the bracing
air of the high country will bring
back their health, and at the same
time they are expecting to secure
their food from the soil.
Everyone, this writer Is sure, Joins
in hoping that they mBy find both
.health and happiness.
SHELTEK, .. food' 'and . clothing
these are the primary necessities
of life. In times of stress, such as
these, those whose homes are close
to the soil find It easier to secure
these prime essentials of life than
those whose homes are in the great
cities.
Observation of this fact is turning
people back to the soil, after years
of crowding into the great cities, and
when tee world returns to normal
and people again have courage to
make plana for the future we shall
see a more active demand for farm
lands than we have seen for many
years. ...
AFTER two years of struggle? that
has cost IS Uvea and the loss
of two ships, divers working from a
salvage vessel bring up 443.000 in
gold from the hulk of the sunken
steamer Egypt, which went down off
the coast of France in 1923, carrying
five million dollars in gold to the
bottom.
Burled treasure I What a lure It
has! How many lives tee search
(Continued on Page Eight)
G.O.P.1932..
PTt: I i , i j f j r-r .;vL,r '"1
With h Hoovnf nomlntlon vlrtmlly Muri, th eouBtry" rpubt!cit ider Jtire4 In
Chlejao to ftrmln a court, on th wt nt dry quertton "I m prton!Iy dry." id 8tBtof F
n omffetf drlnlc o wat.r Out thr ir Moov.r opponntt B.Iow it ormf Senator Joto& t Franc
ef Maryland a tandidat wh won't Siv. up until th votea ara counted Mra. Bertha 6aur al liimsia wait
fthil Hi Ateia 1 iiSS 8f Inttruetton to wpnsaii (!tst vitt th tjhpnf
ASKS CORRECTION
OF STOMAL
CHARGES IN PAPER
Accusations of Coercion and
Influence in Deliberations
Denied by Hibbard
Says Oath Was Observed
Joslah G. Hibbard of Butte Falls,
foreman of the grand jury for the
May term, Monday issued & sweep
ing statement, emphatically denying
all sensational charges and allega
tions contained in written attack
upon that body by . A. Banfcs. news
paper publisher. The statement was
formally presented to Banks with the
request that It be printed, and a
correction of "mis-statement" be
made.
Foreman Hibbard declares that
"you accuse the grand, jury of vio
lating their solemn oaths of office,
and adds that this, and all other
impertatlons are baseless.
Without mentioning any name,
Foreman Hibbard refutes and re
sents the serious Implications con
tained in an editorial written by Earl
H, Fehi, and published under the
Continued on t-age Pwo)
STATE-WIDt
FOR UNEMPLOYED
RELIEF PROPOSE!)
SALEM, June 14. APJ All coun
ty judges in Oregon as well as repre
sentatives of industry, labor, wom
en's clubs,, service organizations and
civic groups over - tha state. - were
named a state-wide committee to
consider unemployment relief. Gov
ernor Julius X. Meier named the or
ganization last night to systemati
cally plan elimination of suffering
during the coming year.
The first meeting of the committee
was called by the governor for next
Monday in Portland "with the idea
that mobilization of Oregon's bounti
ful resources will take care of the
situation in en adequate manner."
In a brief statement announcing
the more to handle the unemploy
ment situation this coming year the
governor said "Oregon has not suf
fered in the least as regards her
ability to produce foodstuffs, Ko
drought or flood has destroyed its
power to produce food for its citizens.
"It remains for us to utilise our
fields and orchards to raise necessary
grains, vegetables, fruit and berries,
storage, canning and evaporating fa
cilities to store away these foods for
the winter months. Our registered
unemployed can be utilized fo what
ever labor la necessary to plant, culti
vate, harvest, store or distribute these
crops from the field to the needy
home."
Oregon Weather
Unsettled tonight and Wednesday
probably showers; cooler in the in
terior Wednesday; moderate change
able winds offshort.
Rum, Vice Presidency Problems
RES11SS
PROHI LAW Li
AS 0, 0. P. PLANK
Administration Leaders Pre
dict Success After Con-
suiting President Hoover
and Spokesmen for Drys
CHICAGO, June 14. A P)
Representatives of the liberal
dry element In the Republican
party privately spoke iate today
of an agreement upon a resub
mission plank satisfactory to the
administration.
By FRANCIS M. STEPES'SOX
- Associated Press Staff Writer
CHICAGO, June 14. (AP) Admin
istration Jeaders intent upon defeat
ing the forces of repeal by drafting
an acceptable plank calUng for re
submission of the prohibition ques
tion today predicted success was just
ahead after consulting the White
House and spokesmen for the drys.
During the morning they com
municated by telephone with Presi
dent Hoover's aides In Washington
and called in Daniel A, Poling, head
of the Allied Forces for Enforcement,
and other prohibition leaders, to in
espect the tentative resubmission
pisnk already drawn up.
Revision in Order
Subsequent events Indicated revi
sion was in progress.
Secretaries Mills and Hyde of the
cabinet poured over the issue with
James R, Garfield, the president's
choice to head the resolutions com
mittee. A final agreement and ap
proval by the president was expected
before the committee goes to work
iate today.. , . . - -
Beaching the stadium from to
prohibition conference -room long af
ter the convention had opened. Sec
retary Mills said wearily; "I donl
think a real solution will be found
until the committee meets,
L'p to President
Nevertheless, the departure of Mills
together with Secretary Stimson
from prohibition parleys indicated a
final draft had been found subject
to study by the president during the
early afternoon.
The fact that the cabinet members
have taken over the prohibition job
was accepted as showing almost cer
tain presidential approval of tenta
tive resubmission plank. .
T,b powerful Pennsylvania delega
tion to the convention today adopted
a majority report of its special reso
lutions committee calling for "resub
mission of the iSth amendment by
congess to state conventions." The
roll call vote was 49 to 15.
The delegation also adopted reso
lutions calling for immediate modi
fication of the Volstead act and for
a federal law regulating the sale of
liquor in i&e event the 33ih amend
ment is repealed,
SAN FRANCISCO, June 14. APJ
A slight earthquake was felt by
residents here at 1 ;44 a. m. today and
at San Jose, where the movement
was reported quite pronounced-
I0N0F
Fess of Ohio Poars Hinaelf a Drisk of Water ExSenator France Would "Stop Hoover"
Mabel Wiilebrandt Is Besieged With Queries on Dominant liquor Issae Keynoter Lester
Hckiason Arrives With Black Bag West Virginias Heads Women's Convention Program
Republican Keynoter
Silent on Prohibition
Lauds Hoover Regime
Sen. Dickinson Calls for Re-election of
President as Move for Restoring
Normal Conditions in U. S.
CHICAGO, June 14. fAP In a keynote speech entirely silent on the
thorny prohibition issue. Senator It, J. Dickinson of Ica called today for
the re-election of Herbert Hoover as a "dependable means1 toward the res
toration of "normal conditions." His address at te opening of the Repua
Scan convention called moved by the president to meet the depression "bril
liant." The Democrats were severely rapped. The farm board was defended
and the Republican party was called the "undevisiing friend of ins farmer.
The Smoot-Hawiey tariff was de-
scribed as a bulwark against cheap j
foreign products and the nations
defense and foreign policy of the ad
ministration were praised.
The forceful white-haired lows He-
publlcan told the delegates assembled
in the huge, flag-decorated stadium
that there could be no "greater pa
triotism"' than the employment of
every effort for the restoration of
normalcy.
Prevented Panic
Senator Dickinson said Mr, Hoover
was at "grips" with the depression
before the country as a whole real
ized what it faced,
"His first act prevented s Jinan- i
cisi panic. he said, adding that the
chief executive invoked federal re-i
serve board powers to cushion the
effect of the stock market debacle.
Conferences with industrial and la
bor leaders Senator Dickinson said.
prevented the bloody disturbances
which have attended o&her economic
crises.
Then were reviewed steps taken
"against depression on a hundred
fronts.' Among them were Hated the
formation of the national credit as
sociation; erection of the reconstruc
tion finance corporation and a "de
termination that & balanced budget
was the first essential to economic
recovery
Castlgatiott for Hems
Mention of the tax hill was a pre
lude to csfitigstion of tha Democrats.
"For two long years they hampered ;
the president at every turn," the;
Iowa senator said, "Through a high- j
ly subsidized pre bureau. Demo
cratic leaders sought to distort his!
every word; to belittle his every ef-j
fort at human and economic relief; ;
to impugn his every motive; to true-1
trat his every move. Their orders;
were to 'Smear Hoover.
Democrats in the house, Dickinson i
said, foiiowed Mr, Hoo&er for a time
last fall because they had eg po-;
gram of their own but finally they:
broke away. The Republican key- j
noter said the result was the wreck- j
ing of the economy bill and a flout- i
ing of the party's own leaders.
tiarner alii Flayed
The relief proposal by Speaker Gar
ner of the house which already had
been lambasted by the chief esecu-
tlve as a "pork barrel" measure was;
assailed by Dickinson, He charged
also that measures sponsored by fcie
Democrats threatened to debase the
Continued on Page Three
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Maliat W!kr WilrtSsranit, CaHfornia 4alsat-at-iars, tirt hsti
t" nuariat en tha tfomfnam juaf qaaatisn Saeiua at nr ormr pl
tten aajiaiant ttrny stnara! f iht Unitta Stt in thr$ p
linuor proKtutiora. Sht it shattinj witii Mr. WHm ineSi
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By lee J. Smith
Associated Press Staff Writer, .
CHICAGO June 54 ?AP Group
ed la a line in the front section of
the mammoth convention haii, si
most directly st the foot of in
speakers platform, the Oregon re
publican delegation today Joined ia
a spontaneous but brief shout of ap
plause when Senator 1 J. Dickinson
of Iowa, the keynoter, declared it U
the greatest duty of American cifci
nry to re-elect President Hoover in
November.
Th Oregon delegation sat directly
behind the California group, which
at every mention of Hoover's name,
hoisted a large silken Qoidea Sear
banner on a long staff.
While many of the delegates from
other states talked among them
selves or glanced through magazines
or newspapers, the Oregoniana lis
tened infcentiy to Dickinson.
Mention of the name of Charles 3.
Dawes brought a ripple of applause.
With a movement afoot to advene
his nams for the vice-presidential
nomination, the Oregon deiegatica
announced it would support such a
movement.
Means Convicted
On Ransom Hoax
WASHINGTON, Jane 1. APi
Gaston B. Means, the notorious de
tective, stood convicted today of lar
ceny in an amazing swindle based
on the tragic kidnaping of the Lind
bergh baby. He faces a possible tea
year sentence.
Police Heads Meet
PORTLAND, Ore, June 14. CAP!
One hundred prominent police offi
cials, representing virtually every
section of th nation, had registered
when the SSth annual convention of
the International Association of
Chiefs of Poiice opened, hers today.
Death of Congressman
Esiiek Foliowmg Speech,
Brings Adjournment
Vets Eye Proceedings
WASHINGTON, June 14. A?
A final vote a the cash bonus Issue
was delayed until tomorrow whea
the house adjourned out of respect
to Representative Bsilck ?D Tean.1
who died after -collapsing on the
floor In the midst of a speech advo
cating full payment.
WASHINGTON, June 14, A?i
Under the watchful eyes of several
hundred veterans crowding the gal
leries, the house today teegsn con
sideration of the 2,4se,sssssa cash
bonus bill with passage expected be
fore adjournment,
Democrstio leaders served notice
they intended to keep the house in
session untlt a final vote.
As on yesterday, when the house
voted to consider the issue, the
capii! waa crowded with bonus
marchers.
Says Sonus Licked
Just before the house met. Beprs-
fiContinued on Pag Eight)
WASHINGTON, Jus H. A?
Sensior Smoot Hv, Uttth eaid today
the house and senate conferees en
the national economy bill have agreed
to Use Hoover furlough plan and tftsfc
the measure ss decided upon carrica
savings of about 3eSKSS.
Senator Smoot bora $a news to
President Hoover at the While Houss
and made the announcement public
afterward.
Under the Hoover plan, voted ay
the senate government employe
would b furloughed without pay for
a month each year or placed oa a
five-day week.
PORTLAND, Ore June AP
The Security Savings & Trust Co.
has filed suit in circuit court here
to foreclose on the property of the
Pacific International Livestock Ex
position company.
The plaintiff charges i&at the -position,
company had defaulted in
payment of principal and interest oa
17S0GS worth of bonds.
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BASEBALL
RESULTS
Aawrieas
S. K. S.
FhS!S'.phi IS I
Detroit , S S9 S
S. K.
Cinclnnstl ,.. 5 s S
Philadelphia 5 is 5
Carroll and LoasbawSl; Ksnseit.
Otfciiey, Rhcn and McCurdy. V. Da
Vis. second game
Cincinnati
R. S.
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Pniisdeiphia-
Ogdea nd ilaaioa; J. EUdtt, H.
Kiioti and V, Davis,
Pitisourgh at New York, St, Louis
at Brooklyn,, double headers, post
poised; rain.
DALLAS, Juna 14. f AT -Prenk
Keiler, Jr of Portland,
counsellor for the Empire Holding
corporaiirsn, was sentences- to fir
years la the state penitentiary when
he appeared; before Circuit Judge
Ariie O, WalSts? ihis mossing, fie
was convicted several weeks go of;
devising a scheme to defraud.
5?ncn. jRoilon of Barnett Goldstein,
special jsrosswaior. iade Wai-ter
dismissed Indictment against J. fi
Ffftty, whose trial was gstiiag under
way, and WJison R, A&srss and io
decided &$alas retrial of .fudge O. P.
Coshow, ex-president of th cons
nsny end form? naemher of the
sUte suprenw court, Cosfeow's irtzZ
resulted is a huns Jury. SCelieT
bail a Increased frosa $1S03 fe
SQ8 and ne was jtiven frora IS to
15 days to raise its saiounfc. No
noiir of appeal was given,
After esrefu! eoRs&leretion
msuy conferences, the coneiusion
tvss reaches that it v nest to k ;
for the jfismisssl of th indictments
agsinsi $hs two renssfnins defend-;
snis an !se retrial of se O. P
Ceene. Attorney Goldateiu tlS
the court. The eonferenr tvs at
tended hy S. a Winkle,
temeyitenerali James W JSott, state
corporation sonsnsijwioner; Jolm Car-
sob, Marlon county district attorney,
and nijjsself.
Dismissal of the chars? against
ietty, Adams and Cosnsw Is no bar
i& their prosecution by the law en
foreensent authorities of Jackson,
Douglas or u&nooish county where
the hulk of sales of nsnire iiwr:
took pise, or by the jjoemsieat fsri
violation of tls msii fraud statutes,!
which were similarly involved.
TEOSOIQAIPA, Hondufa. June I
$APj All the hanana Elanistione
la the Suifc vsiiey between Chasnele
con and Bsn Pedro were destroyed
last night by a. hurricane.
..Wet or Dry i
MAIN INT
Oulet and Dignity Marks
Organization and Keynote
Main Committees io
Start tabor Later in Pay
!?y Byras lrlce
(Associate Freas staff Writer!
CHICAGO STASIU34, June 5-1
AP While asost of Its headers
struggled hefeijsd fee scenes vriia
their irounies over nrofeJ&tSosi sndl
the vlce'fesideaey. tn republican
conveatlos met today H ogfiss
in Quiet and dignifies: session of
less then two isours.
It heard its keyaoJwr Senator T. J
Ciekinsoa of so, l&n&ex ifc
iiesBocrai sng Braise a isa line of
republicans froa Ltneoin to Koorer,
It cheered its heroes 33Kideriely and
aat to jsreoceunied aiiante as tfe
temporary slste of convention offic
ials WSS resit- t wnU
Its hslf-fills galleries jot nsrdly a
usiii srem ine vrnois snoar.
Bailer riles gesalutloa
The wet Am ix?? ni wwt.
officially is tfce notice of tfe wsks
ssBt oat hardly anyone oa. the fsoer
olss Siurray Butler sent Bis famous
repeal resolution is tne ness: for
reference to the sslstforns conunitlee.
Silently it isent into tn aocser to
Tise two big coavsntSss commit"
Sees, ca platform eno: fmentslsw
were called t meet &t tsy. harass
S, Gasffeia of Ofsio, aeass tls firstj
Albert 5ef&ries of man, Jfei
the Utter, Tney iH try to sepoj
fconjorreiff, Tne eosveaton alsas twa
Wedseedsy sessions. oa si It a, m,
a4 one afe 4 p, sj.
WASHfNOTOS, Juns 14-fi?w
Presiaeat Hoover wa Infosmed todsy
by Senator SJeNary of Oess, ta
sssistftnfc Republican leaser, that a
believed congress cou sours tey
new. Saturday,
ifrXsry, after aslf insur with tn
aresiiSsnt, iola aewspsperj&en he asd
expressed tne opinion tftst If th
psslnlnR Sssstion mo vS oa
schedule, the present sesstos cf coa-
gress couid iss ended ifess wee.
AMELIA mo HUBSY
SAIL FOR AlERiCA
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