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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY JUNE 17, 1932.
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Comment
on the
Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS.
GASTON B. MEANS get 15 years
In prleon tor using the grlel
and sorrow and utter desperation ol
the Lindberghs aa a pry for awlndl
lng Mrs. McLean out of 104.000.
Well, a LITTLE Justice haa been
done In connection with this cele
brated case, anyway.
MEANWHILE, the lact remains
that the baby was atolen and
murdered. The sum of 850,000 In
ransom money waa aecured from
the distracted parents, although at
the time the negotiations were under
way the baby had been long dead.
Racketeers and grafters and cheap
publicity seekers rushed in from
every side to ace If they couldn't
capitalize on the grief of the stricken
parenta.
And finally a poor girl was driven
to suicide by the grilling she re
ceived at the hands of the police,
although the grandmother of the
dead baby had Indicated her belief
that the girl was not Implicated In
the kidnaping.
M
THERE Isn't much credit for any
body In connection with the
handling of thla most famoua kid
naping case In history, la there?
CHARLES G. DA WES, able, vigor
ous, commanding ' the" respeot' of
the American people as much as
any man in public life, refuses to
be drafted again as a candidate for
vice-president.
This writer, who admires Dawes
tremendously, congratulates him on
his good Judgment. Once as vice
president Is, about enough for any
big man. x
CHESTER H." ROWELL. of Cali
fornia, .addressing the graduat
ing class of the University of Ore
gon, saya: "
"The generation that is Just pass
ing has solved the problem of pro
duction, until today there are fao
torlea and resources far beyond the
world's needs. It la up to ' your
generation to solve the problem of
distribution so that the gooda ot
the world will be apportioned equally
and no one will be In want."
As a high and fine Ideal to. eet
up before the new generation, It la
pretty hard to Improve upon that
one. j
THE THINKING of the generation
that la Just passing waa . well
summed up In thla saying, which
for many . years waa familiar to
everyone: ....
"He who makes two blades of grass
grow where but one grew before Is
one of humanity's grestest bene
factora." For decades and decades, we BE
LIEVED that. Now we know better.
It isn't enough to make -two- blades
of grass grow where but one blade
grew before.
Before humanity can be fully bene
fitted by the growing of two blades
of grass Instesd of one, we must
find a way to USE PROFITABLY
the additional blade
AT THE PRESENT MOMENT, there
Is widespread lack of confidence
In the business leadership of today.
Here Is one reason:
Beginning with the war, new ma
chinery and new methods progres
sively cheapened the coat of pro
ducing manufactured artlclea. In
etesd of lowering the coat to the
ultimate consumer, so that Increas
ingly more artlclea could be con
sumed. Industry held up the price
and capitalized the resulting large
profits In the wildest orgy of specu
lation ever known.
We are learning now what a ter
rible mistake that waa.
IF PRICES had been lowered while
earning" power waa still high, the
reault would have been Increased
consumption, reaultlng In sustained
activity and steadily maintained em
ployment. Waiting to reduce prlcea
until earning power had been se
verely reduced haa resulted only In
atagnatlon.
Perhaps, In the decades to come,
we shall profit by that lesson.
WE HAVE been eyeing with sus
picion this younger generation
that Is now gradustlng from col
leges and hlfjh schools, awrtlng
(Continued, 94 Pag Jwelyet
VETERANS CROWD 11 a Mn Mt
GALLERIES WHILE
E)
Brookhart Opens With Argu
ment For Cash Payment
Police Reinforced Pre
serve Order Near Capital.
WASHINGTON, June 17. (AP)
With the galleries packed iy war
veterans and several thousand more
masaed outside, the senate today
pressed toward a vote on the
2,400.ooo,ooo bonus bill, which
leaders predicted, faced certain de
feat. Aa many as could Jam Into the
visitors galleries did so when the
doors were opened.
Leaders of the former service men
counselled against any disturbance
but extra police were on hand to
take care of any emergency.
Defends Bonus Assemblage
Senator Brookhart (Ft.. Iowa) an
advocate of cash payment of the
bonus, took the floor at the atart
of discussion. .
"The bonus army might aa "well
assemble here aa anywhere," Brook
hart said.
VThey have no Jobs,", he contin
ued, "I can see no reason why
100,000, 200,000 or 600.000 shouldn't
assemble here."
Shortly before ' the senate mat.
Doak Carter of Cleveland, addressed
a crowd of veterana, across the
street from- the senate, steps.
'We are making history here." he
shouted, adding with a wave of
both arms: (
"The kind of history people don't
like to read!"
Shouts of applause interrupted.
police Reinforced
Police Superintendent Glassford,
after an Inspection of the gather
ing, ordered 35 additional metropo
litan police to the acene . to aug
ment the 35 he already had sta
tioned there to assist the capltol
police.
Police preciricta ' in ' the Vicinity
were ordered to keep a full quota
of reservea on hand for emergency
use. . .
Carter waa followed by 1 other
leaders who had rushed from nat
ional headquartera to atem any
possibility of demonstration or vio
lence, The voice of Representative Blan
ton (D., Texas) urging the veterans
to remember "your friends are
counting on your good conduct,"
waa almost drowned out by cheers
from the bonus army.
Tatlence Needed
Blanton told the veterans if they
were patient "the bonus matter will
be settled to your satisfaction."
."I .dontt think there . is a man
here who wouldn't rather have a
Job than cash payment of the bon
ua," Brookhart told the senate.
Oh ' each ' senstor's desk lay the
report of the finance committee
which contended currency Inflation
would, be disastrous to the country
and that the veterans were no worse
off than other citizens.
"The government of the United
States hss done much for everybody
but the common people," Brookhart
continued.'' "This bill will raise
commodity prices and will help
agriculture." he said.
In Interest of All
"The bonus bill Is not only in the
Interest of the soldiers themselves.
but the great agricultural Interests,
the seven or eight million unem
ployed and it la sound business.
"It Is the only patriotic course
this country can take under the
flag these men followed."
. Senajor .Robinson (R-, Ind ) fol
lowed Brookhart with the assertion
(Continued on Psge Nine)
To Visit Project
8ALEM, June 17. (AP) C. E.
Strlcklin. stat engineer and secre
tary of the reclamation commission,
today announced members of the
California bondholdera committee of
the Ochoco irrigation district will ar
rive In Oregon July 15 to Inspect the
project.
Dry Law and Kidnaping
Typify U. S. Says Duce
LONDON, June 17. ( AP) Pre
mier Mussolini was quoted In an
Interview published by the Dally
Exprpns today as. caustically criticiz
ing the United Statea and democ
racy generally and predicting a long
aeries of "political, economic and
military wars" for the world.
"America haa no policy I" the
correspondent quoted him aa aaylng,
bitterly and with "eardonlc con
tempt." Thla waa in reply to a suggestion
that the United Statea wi "one
of the life belts to which Ueallst
are clinging for salvation In the
world crisis."
II Duce summed up his Impres
sion nf America, the correspondent
said. In two words prohibition and
Lindbergh. (Evientdly referring to
the kidnaping of Charles Augustus
Lindbergh, Jr.)
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I NEXT
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Hosts Of Republicanism
Evacuate Chicago Com
pletion Of Candidate
Choices Platform Making
' 'By Byron Price
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
CHICAOO, June 17. (AP) The
big republican show Is over, but the
democrats are moving In with an
even more Imposing array of political
stage -trimmings, and the pause will
be only temporary.
Having renominated Hoover and
Curtis, chosen Everett Sanders of In
diana their campaign manager, and
melted down tho great variety of
prohibition views Into a plank prom
ising submission of a plan for modi
fication, the hosts of the O. O. P.
evacuated their Chicago haunts dur
ing the night with no lost motion.
Hotels Quiet Down
Today nearly all of the Michigan
avenue hotels which housed them
during the three convention days
were back to the normal ways of life.
Within a week, the democrats will
be In Chicago, in the same hotels',
preparing for the opening of their
own convention, in the same over
grown stadium on the west side, on
Monday, June 37. The vanguard was
here before tho republicans were be
yond the city limits. Advance agents
of a dozen presidential candidates
will be getting headquarters space in
shape over the present weekend, and
then It will be a matter of steadily
Increasing activity until the gavel
drops.
(Continued on Page Eleven)
NEW PRESIDENT
SEES BIG TASK
SEATTLE, Wash., June 17. (AP)
The new president of . the. General
Federation of Women'a Cluba, Mrs.
Grace Morrison Poole, of Boston, in
her first statement alnce being ele
vated to the office laat night, de
clared today her election waa "a great
honor but likewise a heavy responsi
bility." "I am thoroughly convinced that
our great organization can make a
definite conatructlve contribution to
the aolution of the perplexing prob
lems thrust upon us from all sides,
If, and there are always lfs In such
statements as the one above. If we
will put the same energy and deter
mination into the work as we have
into the building of our great or
ganization."
In a run-off election today, Mrs,
Josephine L. Pierce of Lima, Ohio,
waa chosen second vice-president of
the federation, defeating Mrs. Clar
ence Fralm of Wilmington, Del., by
zod votes to 139.
The other new officers Include:
First vice-president, Mrs. Eugene B.
Lawson of Tulsa, Okla.
Recording secretary, Mrs. Saldle
Orr Dunbar of Portland, Ore. (un
opposed). Treasurer. Mrs; Edward Hammett
of Sheboygan, Wis. (re-elected).
The "Junnore"' of thr federation
today sent a telegram to Colonel and '
Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh promising
to "do all in our power to bring
about conditions that will prevent re
currence of such a crime."
They were referring to the murder
of the Lindbergh baby. The "Junlora"
are young girls and matrons who ex
pect to become affiliated In time with
the cluba of their elders.
"Dry America ' will ' never find
herself," he waa reported as saying.
"She must go wet to find herself.
In the meantime Europe Is drifting
to disaster and revolution."
Smiling derisively, the correspon
dent said, Mussolini then turned
his guns on democracy.
"Democracy la nothing," he said.
"The people are nothing. In every
country they are weary of talk. They
need men of action. .They cannot
aave themselves; they need saviors."
And be added: 'There are no sav
iors." .
For the future, he waa quoted
i - saying, he foresaw a long serlee
of wars. "There's war now," he
sdded. The era of reparation la
ended, he said, and added that "It
Oermtny says 'No' Italy will also
say 'No'l"
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INSIDEJM1LLAGE
Abolition Of Continuing Ap
propriation. Would Cripple
Extension Service I s
Argument- At Meeting.
, SILVERTOM, June 17. (AP) The
state Orange after a heated debate
late yesterday did not vote recom
mendation to abolish the mlttage tax
for the state university and state
college, but did urge by resolution
that expenditures for these schools be
kept within the limits of the mlllage
tax. Arguments of many grangers
were to the effect that abolition of
the continuing appropriation would
cripple extension service of the two
schools.
Oregon state normal schools, which
do not carry a standard rating,
should be brought up to standard
Immediately, the grange voted In ac
cepting a report of the education
committee. Discussion of the pro
posed Initiative measure for consoli
dation of higher Institutions of learn
ing ,was, not put up to the conven
tion, which adjourns tonight.
For Farmers on Board
Leaves of absence with pay and
pensions for faculty .members should
be determined by legislative action
Instead of by the university adminis
tration, the grangers Voted. A smal
ler board -of eduoatlon,- containing
two "dirt farmers,'.' should also be or
ganized. The legislative committee
of the grange was Instructed to draft
a bill to- this end.- Two members of
the board would be velected from
each congressional district If the
grange suggestion is adopted. ; ,
Abolition of the tfntlre appropria
tion of $1,085,000, of which Governor
Meier ' vetoed 9500.000, was advised.
Grangers were instructed to vote
'"no" on' the referendum measure this
fall. ' 1 :
Result of the election which waa
divided Into two sections because
several officers failed to receive a
(Continued on Page Ten)
FIRE WIPES OUT
OLD IDAHO TOWN
SPENCER, Idaho, June 17, (AP)
Virtually the entire business section
of this pioneer Idaho town waa
wiped out by fire early today. Prop
erty owners estimated the damage be
tween $10,000 and 816,000.
The blaze started about 1 a. m. and
raged four hours before the volunteer
fire flghtera brought It under con
trol. A garage, two general atorea
and a pool hall were destroyed, leav
ing only the postoffjee and a hotel
In the business section.
Eight automobile stored in the gar
age were also destroyed. Origin of
the fire, which wsa believed to have
started in the garage, waa unknown.
Every able man In town and many
women Joined In the bucket brigade
when the fire alarm apread.
ANTI-KIDNAP BILL
UP TO PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, June 17. (AP) A
senate bill to make Interstate kidnap
ing a federal offense waa passed to
day by the house and sent to the
president,
The house approved the measure
after defeating an effort to Insert a
provision to make It possible to Im
pose the death penalty against kid
napers wo take their victim across
state lines.
The bill, aa finally approved by
congress, provides only Imprisonment
for tigs offense.
FOOLSSHERIFFS
RU5SELLVILLE. Ark. June 17.
(AP) Deputy sheriffs lay In a thicket
ntar here today and debated three
hours regarding the best means of
raiding a liquor distillery over which
a lone sentinel armed with a shotgun
stood guard.
The guardsman was posted on a
high bluff overlooking a valley and
the' threatening manner In which his
Run was held indicated a nervous
trigger finger.
Finally the i aiders closed In, but
halted suddenly with mouths gaping.
The sentinel was a dummy
Death in Blast
POLICE OUST CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENCY
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Atttcitted frtu Phott
Aworlated Press telephoto from Chicago shows the ejection from the stnrltum of Jnsfpi, i, truiu'e,
(Indicated by arrow) former Senator from Maryland, by police at the Republican national convention. He
was led from the platform at the order of Chairman Bertrnnd Snell when he tried to place Calvin Coo
lldge In nomination for the presidency. Frnnce made an active pre-con vent Ion campaign for the party
nomination.
GANG BULLETS RUB OUT
NOTORIOUS 'RED' BARKER
OH1CAQO, June 17. (AP) A tor-1
rent of gangland bullets haa drum
med public George (Red) Barker, as
sociate of the Capones, out , of the
ranks of underworld leaders.
Today vacant waa the throne he
was reputed to have reared on labor
racketeering, terrorism, bombings and
a multitude' of orlmea of violence.
The death volley waa fired from a
flat across , the street where the as
sassins apparently had lain In wait
for houra and left empty cartridges
and remnants of a dinner about. Two
young men and a young woman rent
od the flat two weeks ago.
The gunmen pumped 18 rifle and
pistol bullets Into the body of "Bar
ker the Immune," whom until last
nights neither the foes of gangland
nor the arm of Cook county law had
been able to check In the career of
crime which he began In 1D18.
Two men were held today for in
vestigation in the alaylng Larry
Evans, a waiter, and Oeorge Blckford,
hotel clerk, who helped three others
pick up the gangster's lifeless body.
Barker had never been convicted in
Cook counyt through years of persis
tent harassment by police of a charge
more, serious than larceny though
murders and all forms of labor war
violence had been laid at hla door.
He "muscled In" on one union after
another till at the height of his ca
LATEST REVOLT IN
CHILE TO CREATE
SOCIALIST STATE
SANTIAGO, Chile, June 17. (AP)
Csrlos Devils, heading a new Chilean
government for the second, time In
less than two weeks, informed the
Associated Press today that he and
hla associates plsn to create a purely
socialist state and that If necessary
they will attain their ends by force
of arm. '
"This government," he said, a few
hours after he had overthrown .the
junta, headed by Colonel Marmaduke
Grove, "will continue along the lines
originally projected for a socialist
republic of Chile. Armed forcea will
eupport the fulfillment of our plana.
"A constitutional assembly will be
called aoon to write a constitution
for the aoclsllst republic. Until then
the government will confine Its acts
aa nearly aa possible within the pres
ent constitution."
While he talked cavalrymen rode
up and down through the street
outside the presidential palace which
Senor Davlla, former ambassador to
the United states, took over early
thla morning after an exciting coun
ter revolution against the Grove re
gime. The troops were there to keep
order, but aa a matter of fact the city
waa generally quiet.
"We aim to create a purely socialist
state," said the new head of the
government, "It will be a moderate
soclshst stat with no connection
whatever with the extreme left or
the extreme right."
Ijihnr Takes Hand
LA GRANDE. Ore., June 17. (AP)
Interest In the contest for seat on
the board of the La Orande public
school waa augmented last night
when the Central Labor Council en
, I'orsed W. D. Hsnk, Mrs. rioy Wetzel
and Ed Moon aa being favorable to
organised labor. .
reer he was reputed to have had an
Income of 8300,000 a year.
Michigan brought him his only ma
jor convlctlqn and put him behind
the bars of the Marquette state peni
tentiary from 1920 to 1038 from De
troit for assault to rob. He escaped
in 193a but waa at liberty only six
daya . , .. . .'
It waa on bis return to Chicago
from Marquette that the hoodlum be
gan laying the groundwork for his
vast racketeering structure.
CHICAOO, June 17. (AP) A gang
of extortionists walked into a police
trap laid In a loop gambling estab
llahment yesterday and three of 1U
members were shot to death with
shotgun and pistol tire. A fourth es
caped. . Today the police revealed the three
men killed had been warned of their
fate by a police lieutenant at a show
up Just a week ago.
"Some day the police are going to,
get tired of bringing you fellows in
here and they'll send you to the
morgue," Lieut. Edward Birmingham
told them.
The warning was prophetic.
Harold Partner, 39, Samuel Katz,
37, and Frank Rogers, SI, all minor
gangsters and police charactera, were
mowed down by tho officers.
The fourth who escaped was not
Identified.
CRIPPLE STARVED '
TO DRIVE-DEVILS
BALTIMORE, June 17. (AP) Po
lice today pieced togethir a story of
the starving to death of a 38-year-old
crtpple by hi mother and brother
"to drive out evils that possessed
him." The body kept on a couch In
their home,' waa found yesterday.
A diary kept by the brother record
ed that death occurred April 4 and
predicted that "he will arise from the
dead" June 3S.
The cripple. Grant Aubel, was foiind
by officers investigating hi disap
pearance, reported by neighbors.
The mother, Mra. Annie Aubel, 85,
who a few daya before had turned a
health officer away from the house
saying "God won't, let you In," was
arrested with her son, Paul Aubel, 30.
Mule Labelled- "Hoover
In Vets Bonus Bivouac
WASHINGTON, June 17. (AD
A large contingent of the bonus
army occupied the capital steps
early today and aent for their camp
kitchen with the expressed Inten
tion of camping there until the
senate considered the bill author
izing full payment of the soldiers'
bonus.
Upward of 3,000 marcher ware
clustered about th senate office
building and the senate wing.
District of Columbia and capltol
police aald there had been no dis
order and that the only thing ap
proaching a demonstration came
when several groups of marchers
aggregating about 700 or 800 men
marched to the center of th plaza
Aboard
SALEM, June 17. (AP) Circular
tion of 700 new. petitions through'
out the atato to place on the Nov.
embor ballot the proposed Initiative
measure for the consolidation of
schools will be under way today,
JohnjRamage, member of the execu
tive .'committee of the tax league
sponsoring the move, announced.
"We will have 30,000 signatures
on the new petitions by the end
of next week," . he aald. "On the
old petition I estimate we had
received upwarda of 40,000 algna-
turea when the aupreme court ruled
the title out."
- Ramage In his 1 statement made
here aald that unless James E. Bur-
dett, president of the Oregon Tax
Reduction league, cease his attack
on the measure tor consolidating
the higher institutions of learning,
the proponent will "knife the gov
ernor tax reduction program."
"Burdett atarted something in
which he had no business to enter
when he openly . declared war and
argued In the aupreme court against
our ballot title," Ramage etated
"Our league now haa representa
tives for. it consolidation program
In 38 counties in the atate. Un
less Burdette la muzzled we wilt
not aupport the three-fold program
of the governor." .
The bulk of the money thu far
spent by the Marlon group on Its
consolidation . program haa come
from Portland, Ramage said. Along
with Henry Zorn, president, Ramage
refused to disclose the specific
sources of the league's revenue.
"There are lot of business men
In Portland who have put up money
and will continue to do ao," he
said. "No money has been raised
yet from Corvalll. The buelneaa
men there cannot afford to do ao
now. Later In the campaign we
oxpect the Corvallla chamber of
commerce to raise some money to
support the consolidation movo."
Five Thousand
See Negro Hang
HARDINSBURO, Ky Juno 17.
(AP) Five thousand persons watched
In silence a Bam Jennlnga, 3S, ne
gro, waa hanged" ahortly after aunrlse
today for a criminal attack on Miss
Mabel Downs. Watching from 30 feet
away were Miss Downs and her fath
er, E. P. Downa.
before dispersing to Join their com
rsdee who were scattered about the
park.
As soon as the doors to the cap
ltol were opened there was a rush
which quickly filled all the seals
In th senate gallery.
Soma of the' veterans attempted
to hoist an unwilling donkey up
the steps of the building but the
natural stubbornness of the ani
mal and suggestion from a police
that auch a procedure wouldn't be
popular caused ar cessation of the
effort.
Th donkey had a large ptacard
on each aids labelled "Hoover."
Plan were made by leaders for
a "buffet" luncheon on the atepa
of th capltol.
Tanker
F
TERRIFOLASTS
Sixty-Three Are Reported
Injured Many Firefight
ers Among Casualties In
Montreal Uarhnr Mich on
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MONTRWAT. .Tiim 11 lint 4-
serloa of terrific explosion tore the
oil tanker Cymberllne wide open
lr Montreal harbor today and
brought death to an estimated
total of 33 men. and lnlurlea to
63.
Ten bodlea had been recovered
at -noon, nine houra after the first
blast, and 13 others were believed
to be In the wrecked tanker'a hold.
Fifteen of the Injured were fire
men called out to combat flame
that followed the first explosions.
Oil Flames Hlgn
Flaming oil shot 100 feet In the
air when, the first blast occurred
a 100 workmen, were rushing re
pairs on the Cymbellne In the great
Vlckera drydock.
A number of minor explosions
occurred and an hour later, whlla
firemen wure fighting the flames
and searching for victims of the
blasts, another detonation, more
severe than any of the others,
shook the damaged ahtp.
In thla ' final blast Fire Chief
Raoul Gauthler was killed with four
of his men.
The bodlea recovered were those
of Gauthler. three of the men who
perished with b'-i and five em'
ployea of the Vlckera company, ;
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v Alpine UMinDlng Ie lux .
SAN REMO, Italy (AP) WWork
soon to atart on one of the world's
greatest funicular railways, It will
connect thla city with the summit of
Mount Glgnone and climb 4,000 feet
in 38 minute.
WILL-
ROGERS
v CHICAOO, 111., June 16.
This afternoon I got to won
dering if they really had given
Mr. Curtis utiy notice, so I put
in a call for him at the senate,
feeling that he would tell ma
about it, and we had a long
chat and he did, and sum
enough they hadn't.
He said that all the time they
had assured him that he was
the man. Ho said if they had
told him ho would have run for
his senate scat. Then he gave
me tho lowdown on the real ob
jection. It's not age. Some of
'cm want a reul wet. They
want a dry head and a wet tail
to the ticket. He said be un
derstood that Mr. Dawes was
out and that from his latest
talk with Chicago that he was
still the candidate.
Then I called up General
Dawes in Washington, who wag
at tho Willard hotel, and wo
had a mighty pleasant chat.
Didn't cuss, just asked me if I
had read his statement. Said he
hud nothing new to add to it.
I told him they needed him
mighty bad not only on this job
but pretty near any job we
have to do in this country. I
told him that if it was on ac
count of his private business to
not let that stop him, that no
vice president had ever exactly
been over-worked, that there is
no better timo to concentrate
on something important than
when some senator is speaking
for two days on nothing at ail
Now maybe I convinced him,
nmybo I didn't, but I got my
own idea,
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