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EDFORD MAIL TRiBUNE No Guessing About Mall Tribune circulation. A. B. C. remotes all guessing and ghee circulation facts A guarantee tn advertisers who appreciate ttie truth. Twenty-Seventh Year MEDFORD, OREGON, "WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1932. No. 79. msm The Weather Forecast : Tonight and ThursdaT, cloudy. No change In tempera ture. Highest yesterday 90 Lowest this morning , , 59 M Pill Ml i .Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS SENATOR Borah, hi hair mussed, hli face flushed and hla eyea shining, stands on the floor of the senate and announces dramatically that because of the prohibition plank in the Republican plattorm he will NOT aupport Hoover. J Borah Is happier than he has been for many a day. NOTHING pleases htm so much as to be the lone wolf, standing out against the rest of the pack. STIIA, we need 'men like Borah in this country. If EVERY BODY stood with tha organization AU, THE TIME, conditions In gov ernment would become even worse than they axe now, which would be saving quite a lot. THIS writer, who believes in Hoo vr unrf nfctJi trt Xntrt for him, admires Borah for standing out In the open and announcing that he WON'T support Hoover. In times such as these, the men who are willing to stand up and be- counted are the ones that are worth while. pOTJRTEEN persons were killed and 403 persona were Injured In a total of 1760 traffic accidents In Oregon In May. , These rather startling figures are furnished for us by Charles Pray, superintendent of the state, police, in his. monthly report, which has Just been Issued. AP these 14 deaths, six resulted from collisions between auto mobiles. Five were caused by cars striking some stationary object. Two were caused by collisions between automobiles and trains, , r ONE pedestrian was killed. THIS writer, who does a great deal of driving on the highways of Oregon, Is somewhat surprised that more pedestrians are not kill ed, or at least Injured. The pedestrian, walking on the pavement, especially at night, when drivers are apt to be confused by approaching lights, constitutes a real traffic hazard. QOME day, when money is a lit tie more plentiful than now, we shall build pedestrian paths along our main highways, so that people who walk, especially children on their way to and from school, may walk In greater safety. POLITICS and sudden death. The state nf hiuilniM inrf when It may be expected to get better. The shortcomings of human nature, and what results therefrom. At the present moment, these are the burden of the news of the day. Do you ever get tired of this burden? COME day, when'you are tired ol the burden of LITTLE things, lift up your eyes to the snowy bulk of Mount Shasta, preferably In the early morning, when the light of the rising sun la falling full upon the great mountain. Or, at sunset, stop at Algoma point, on Upper Klamath lake, with Mount Pitt and the summit of the Jagged ranges to the north ekyllned against a rosy background, the whole picture reflected In the calm , waters of the lake. OR pause where the Pacific high may climbs Sexton mountain, from the south, and look backward. At your feet ilea the Rogue River valley, spread out In all It amazing beauty, rimmed In by high moun tains. It rich floor scattered over with orchards and dairy farms clustering thickly around pleasant home cities, itn agricultural Jewel In a wild mountain setting. DRIVE on over 6exton mountain, past Orave creek, wondering bit as to the gloomy state of mtnd of those who chose these nsmes. climb the Stage Road pass, and drop down through the1 Canyon Creek canyon cool always, almost chilly, even at this season when elsewhere the heat la Beginning to be felt. Then follow the quiet waters of the South Umpqua. bordered by myrtle trees the green bay trees I RESULT IN VAST Surprise' Announcement Says Time Come To Cut Through Brush 5 Prin ciples Proposed As Basis. WASHINGTON. June 22. (AP) President Hoover's proposal to the Geneva disarmament conference for a one-third cut in world armaments drew the immediate approval today of Chairman Borah of the senate for eign relations committee who has announced he would not support the president for re-election on the party platform. WASHINGTON. June 22. (AP) President Hoover, in a sudden and dramatic announcement at the White House today, proposed prin ciples for reducing the arms of the entire world by nearly one third. With Secretary Stimson at his side, the -president read to a small group of newspapermen hurriedly assembled at the executive mansion a statement saying that "the time has come when we should cut through the brush," and adopt arms reductions calculated to save be tween $10,000,000 and 15,000,00p during the next ten years. Fire Principles Basis Five broad principles were laid down by the chief executive -and upon this foundation he proposed among other things: Abolition of all tanks, chemical warfare and large mobile guns. Reduction of one-third in the strength of all land- armies over and above "the so-called police com ponent." , The abolition of all bombing planes, and the' "total prohibition of all bombardment from the air." Reduction In the treaty number and tonnage of all battleships by one-third. - Reduction in the treaty tonnage of aircraft carries, cruisers and de stroyers by one-fourth and of sub marines by one-third with no nat ion having more than 38.000 tons of submerslbles. Secretaries Approve -Simultaneously with the presi dent's pronounc lament today It was learned In authoritative quart ers , that the proposals suggested already had been approved fully by Secretaries Stimson, Hurley and Adams, by the chief of staff of the army and the chief of naval oper ations, and by the entire American delegation at Geneva. Mr. Hoover's broad and drastic plan was placed before the Geneva conference today, almost simultan eous with his reading of it to a group of hardly a dozen newspaper correspondents assembled, in his pri vate Office. LAUSANNE. Switzerland, June 22. (AP) President Hoover's proposal for drastic cuts In the world's arm aments is absolutely unacceptable to Prance, Joseph Paul-Boncour, the French minister of war. said today. He had hurried up from Geneva with an advance copy of the pres ident's proposals as embodied in a speech to be delivered before the disarmament conference there by Hugh Gibson, chief of the American delegation. He showedi It to Premier Herriot and the two talked together for an hour. When their conference was over M. Paul-Boncour said: "This is absolutely unacceptable. Prance strain will raise the question of security." S GENEVA. Switzerland. June 22 ( AP (President Hoover s proposal for a smashing reduction of the world s arms was received with al most breathless silence when Hugh S. Gibson, chief of the American del egation, presented It to the disarma ment conference this afternoon. The place was filled with an excited throng. Previously advance copies of Mr. Gibson's speech had been circulated among the various detections. The French, on the other hand, re reived the announcement with frank hontiuty. There was a sharp difference In at titude nottreable tn the reception of the plan by members of the British delegation. WIFE SUICIDES WHILE FARMER BUSY MILKING JEFFERSON. Ore., June 23 (AP) While John Boff was milking his rows this morning, hla wife, Mr.. Florence Boff, 44. committed .ul clde by .hooting herself through the heart on their farm near Ollkey eta tt'd. Despondency over 111 health la believed ji fMH o &e( jetton. REDUCTION BASEBALL. RESULTS R. H. E. 1.2 a .. 9 13 1 St. Louis ... New York Hallahan. Johnson and Mancuso; Hubbell and Hogan. R. H. K. Pltteburgh 7 17 1 Brooklyn 13 3 French, Spencer and Grace: Shaut. Qulnn, Moore, Clark and Ptclnich, Lopez. ' . R. H. E Cincinnati ....14 17 0 Boston ' 8 IS a Carroll, Prey, Johnson and Lom bards Brown. Pruett, Prankhouse and Spohrer,' Hargrave. . R. H. B. Chicago -.- 3 8 4 Philadelphia 11 15 0 Grlmea, Root, May and Hemsley; Rhem and V. Davis. American R. R. E. 4 10 0 13 0 Philadelphia Chicago Mahaffey. Krauae, Freitaa, Rommel and Cochrane; Fraaler and Grube. ' R. H. E. .6 7 0 ..8 13 0 Boston Detroit Llsenbee, Andrews and Tate; Wyatt, Utile and Ruel. . . '" R. H. E. Washington 3 8 1 Cleveland 11 16 0 Coffman, Weaver and Berg, Maple; Harder and Myatt. TO By beslte- J. Smith - (Associated Press Staff Writer) CHICAGO. June 22. (AP) The vanguard of Oregon's democratic delegation of ten to the democratic national convention, Joseph K. Car son, resolutions committeeman, and Milton A. Miller gave the city no more than a passing glance today before going Into a huddle with national party leaders In p re-con vent Ion con ferences. Carson flew to Chicago and Miller, arriving by train, Joined him today. The other members of the delegation are expected to arrive Saturday morn ing. - . Repeal of the 18th amendment, with the states to determine their own wet or dry policy, will be advo cated by Carson In the resolutions and platform session, he said today. Miller' agreed that such a course would be advisable. Carson's plan suggests constitutional conventions in each atats at which the liquor ques tion would be considered. The two Oregon delegates attended Alfred E. Smith's press conference here today at which the "happy war rior" calmly, succinctly and epigram -matlcally returned answers to the machine-gun fire of questions from a roomful of correspondents. Miller said he believed Smith made a bad mistake In saying, "I don't want to answer that" to a question whether or not he would support the democratic nominee. AT BAGLEY PLANT No eherrlee are to be packed at the Bagley Canning company In Ash land this season, according to an nouncement Issued by Ralph Kooeer of this city, manager of the plant. Good city market. In San Francisco and Los Angelea, aa well aa In the east, la the reason given for the deci sion. Growers are Insured a good price, due to the shortage, whloh la esti mated by growers at 60 per cent. The Rogue River Canning company here will pack a few cherries this year. Work to be started In about ten days. A fine quality crop la predicted for this aummer. INTERESTS TO MEET Mill owners and operators and lumber truck drivers will gather at the Chamber of Commrr building this evening at 7.30 o'clock to con sider plans for opposing the proponed limitation on weights of loads, which would prohibit the lumber Interest' prevailing Use of the highways. The meeting will be adjourned at an early hour to allow Vie lumber, interest to attend the meeting at the armory of the Allied Truck Own era' association, called for the same purport. 0--reo A. M. and W, took oxer Oiwef$ Bering, A. Byord AL REPEAL DEMAND 'El "Happy Warrior" Arrives 0 n Convention Scene With Wet Argument Party Squabbles Ignored- CHICAGO, June 22. (AP) A call for repeal of the 18th amendment and Immediate modification of the Volstead act came from Alfred E. Smith today shortly after the cam paigner of 1928 had arrived to dis pute the nomination of hla former political friend, Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt. Hla first atatement on th conven tion acene waa restricted entirely to prohibition. It gave no hint of the Intensity of the party dispute that waa stirring leaders, made no men tion of Roosevelt or of the coming contest over permanent chairmanship of the convention which will bring the first teat of the strength' of the Roosevelt forces. Held Unworkable Smith called th 18th amendment "unworkable" and demanded Its re peal. He said the Volstead Act should be changed to permit the sale of bev erages of a reasonable alcoholic con tent, thus diverting "the profit, of the bootlegger Into legitimate taxes." Hla statement follows: "The 18th amendment should never have been put Into the consti tution. It la unworkable. I attacked it from th, time It wag first proposed and prophesied Its failure and stated that It would be proved to be the greatest curse ever put over on an unsuspecting people. Long In Fight "I fought It when It waa unpopular to take that aid, of the Issue In many parta of my own state and in many other states of the union and when every weapon ot narrow-minded In tolerance, waa turned against me. "I carried the banner when the army waa email, the stragglera num erous and the opposition bitter. I was then and I am now for the un conditional repeal of the 18th amendment. "The Volstead act should at once be amended by a scientifically correct definition that will permit the sale of beverages of reasonable alcoholic content. The people of the United Statca are entitled to thla relief, which would divert the profits of the bootlegger Into legitimate taxes." ED BY E PORTLAND, Ore., June 22. L. h. Johnson. Identified by state police aa a rodeo performer, is in Jail at Molalla on a charge of kidnaping a 18-year old girl at Dallas and bringing her to Portland In a atolen car and leaving her here with hla wife and four children. The Blrl. Margaret Lane, was found here last night and turned over to the police matron. State police aaid they traced Johnson through the license plates of a car atolen in Oregon City. Detectives and state police aald they found the girl in hiding at Jonnsons home here. Her parenta were expected to come for her today. Neil Hamilton of Films Here for Visit to Lake (By Irta Fewrll) Without any "set" being arranged, no microphone before him, or any "crowd in hla hair," Nell Hamilton, movie actor, thla morning aat on the edge of an over stuffed chair In the lob by of the Hotel Med ford and sol emnly went through an Im peraona tlon of Herbert Hoover'e speech making. H 1 s " blah blaha " flowed through half-open lips, a he glanced heel- Uttnitly from his ncil uamiltom make-belleve type-written speech to ward hla audience. Hla next demonstration of speech- making waa that charactrtatle of Benito Mussolini (as viewed In th news reels). He might have been haranguing tell." Mr. Hamilton said following the Mussolini act, "but he certainly for a new doe; catcher, I couldn't had the attention of the crowd." The above "short subjects" preced ed the star's declaration that he was "rabid" on Lhe ioa of Al Smlth-for president, and considered It time for aorne BM With, fc4Pl 6lrtC-i Nurse Bares I llf -.i-n ri VlRrVeT - -'. ; .11 Seeking $200,000 In a hrearh of Promina suit from llavld I,. Iluttnn, (rlgilit) luutiiiml of fevangrllsl Almce MoPherson Mutton, Myrtle Ilmel Jonn Kt. Pierre (left) told a l,os Angeles jury (lint Iluttnn wooed, won and betrayed her In eight weeks, oil a few month! before lie married the evangelist. Hlttlnr, nevt to the complain ing nurse Is her attorney, Lorrln Andrews. 10 CONTRACT BIG LIST OF PROJECTS SALEM, Ore., June 32. (AP) Tha state highway commission will meet In Portland tomorrow to award con tracta on 17 projects, one of the larg est roai building meetings to be held, thla year. The total cost or the pro jects la expected to run above 500, ooo. Although the main session will be held June 23, the commission will convene In Portland this afternoon to consider the Important Fourth street Improvement project aa requested by Portland delegations. Thla prelimi nary meeting will not only consider this $2,000,000 project for connecting Ing the city with the west aide high way over the Fourth street route, but unemployment matters will be taken up. the highway department an nounced today. The largest project to be let at Thursday's session will be 11 miles gravel surfacing on the Umpqua highway.-. Other large projects In clude the oiling of 31 mites on the highway near Hebo and Otla and the 31 miles oiling near Tangent, Monmouth and Corvallls. The entire work calls for the Im provement of 83 miles of road, and nln bridge and construction pro jects, all In IS counties In Oregon. The projects on which bids will be opened Include: Douglas county Scottsburg-Para-dlse creek section of Umpqua high way. 11.05 miles screened gravel sur facing. Klamath county Terminal Ctty Klamath Falls section of the Dallcs Callfornla highway, 1.73 miles of con crete pavement and .32 miles of crushed rock surfacing. Drowns InUlllamrtte ' EUOENE. Ore., June 32. (AP) Alfred Stewart, 1 9, of Portland, drowned In the Willamette river at Eugene Tuesday. Efforts to resusci tate him failed. aonallty, from the people and of the people, to take over the presidency. While discussing politics in the ex clusive interview for the Mall Trib une, he remarked that he couldn't see what was the trouble with con gress, that It failed to do anything about the liquor question. He better ed light wlnm and good beer pr even government control of whisky to be better then the present sys tem. With. his wife, his father, A. B. Hamilton, and his secretary, Donald MrKay, Mr. Hamilton arrived in Med ford last evening by motor on a va cation trip to Crater Lake, Portland, the Columbia River highway. Victo ria, B. C, Banff and Lake Louise, They expect to be gone three weeks, either returning to the movie capital via Yellowstone park or bark to the coast and home by boat, he said to day. None of the party had been l further nor!.1! than San rrsnrlaco l previously. The actor doe moat of th driving. He haa Just completed a number of ' picture, appearing in two of them with Constance Bennett. They were Contracts drawn tip by the school "Two Against the World" and "What board for the next school year pro Price Hollywood." Mr. Hamilton Is vlded forfeiture of a teacher's Job If doing free-lance work, not having a ! be were eeen smoking, even In hla long-time contract with any com- own home. Numerous cltiwns ob pany. ' j Jected to the clause and had the The actor's hobbles do not run j question on the ballot. along the lines of golf, aqusplsnlug, ConUQU4 pi) Page BJfUt Ardor of Aimee's Husband WITHOUT 2C TAX Patrons of Medford banks will not be oompelled to pay a 3-cent tax on counter checka under the new fed eral bill which went into effect yes Wday, It was loarned here today. An economical alternative will be offered them by the local banking system In the form of "withdrawal checks." Printing of the latter Is now under way and the slips will be avallablo to the public not later than July 1. The withdrawal checks will act aa "receipts." inaugurated by the Kan sas City banks and many others throughout the nation, local bankers said this morning. Under the law such receipts are not taxable. Use of the withdrawal check will be direct. That Is, the customer must present the check for withdrawal from his own deposit within the bank In or der to evade the tax. It cannot be used aa the ordinary check In pay ment of a debt, being only good for direct removal of money from' the bank. The provision has been Inaugurat ed to enable the people to obtain a needed amount of cash without un dergoing the tax penalties of check ing. Any check made "payable to the order of" Is under the law a taxable Item. - The ordinary counter check would therefore fall under the tax requirements. The withdrawal check will merely act aa, the bank' receipt of payment to a customer of a given amount of money from his deposit. It Is expected to eliminate the small check business, bringing customers to the bank Instead of to other firms to obtain spending money. E All members of the city's Jobless population experienced In adminis trative work of any kind, are urged to attend the meeting of the Med. ford Association of the Unemployed at the Labor hall tomorrow night. Their services -will be needed In the prep aration of work to be carried out by the various committees, Frank L. Apple gate, secretary of the Un employed ways and means commit tee, announced thlc morning. Under the Medford plan of relief work, which the organisers hope to put Into full execution In the very near future, there Is much work to be accomplished and an appeal Is mad by the leaders to the un employed, themselves, to cooperate In the program. The unemployed are also urgd to register with the association at the Labor hall as soon as possible. Dalles Teachers May Enjoy Weed While Off Duty THE DAMJEB, Ore , June 22 (AP) The Dalle public arhool teachers ' may amok aa much as they please rhsn they are not on school prop- my. At the school election yeetrday the cJsuee wu aeleie4, 40$ fco 3U OTHER LOVES IN LIFE OF NURSE. LO0 ANGELES, June 33. (AP) Other loves in the life of Myrtle flt, Pierre were dug from the ash heap ot. dead romances, tod?y by attorneys for David Hutton as they began cross examination of the brunett nurse In trial of her 9300,000 breach of pronv Jse suit.' . Beginning with asollcltlous Inquiry about her health, which she said was not the best, attorneys for the sing er-husband of Almee McPherson Hut ton, the evangelist, brought to light three love affaire They precede, she testified, the ro mance with Hutton more than i year ago In which she claimed he be trayed her under promise of marriage and then forsook her, later marrying Mrs. Mcpherson. - As the questioning proceeded, she glanced nervously at the - Jammed court room but she did not appear on the brink of another collapse such as yesterday when she fell from the witness stand after telling a sen sational story of Hutton 'a whirlwind courtship. As recess was called, the courtroom was thrown Into excitement when ft woman with two girls and a boy, leading them by the hand, finally gained the attorney's table after struggling vainly to reach the court room at the opening of the case to day. She demanded an audience with Hut ton's lawyers and they retired to an ante-chamber. After a short discussion, Hutton emerged, rubbing his hands together, face flushed and exclaimed: "The Information she has Is mar velous marvelous but I won't pay her a dime for It not a dime." The woman claimed she had knowledge of a "sensational story" which would quash the caxe. Miss St. Pierre's attorney, seeing the woman, told reporters: "She has been trying to sell us a story for three or four days. The nurse, yesterday related her first "date" with Hutton and thetr first "kiss." The scene for the protestation of hla love was her apartment and the day a Sunday in January, 1031, she aald. "We were sitting on the divan in my home drinking chocolate,' she testified. "He took me In his arms and asked me when X would marry (Continued on Page Eight) WATTLES THUGS, KILLS ONE CHICAOO. June 33. (AP) Mayor Oeorge A. Hahn of South Chicago Heigh u, waa n route home with neighbor, Mrs. Court Kraemer, last night when a bandit car pulled up alongside his about 30 mile south of the loop, and IU occupants com manded htm to stop. He stepped on the accelerator. The holdup men fired four bullets into his car and all of them narrowly missed him. He returned the fire and saw one of the men fall to the pavement. The others fled. A youthful driver of a bullet pierced car later called at St. Jsme hospital in that village with the body of s man Identified aa Do mi nk Ouralno. 33. of Chicago Height. The youth, Herman Sreuia, 30, waa arrested but denied any complicity m lUe l&mt4 boWup, COUNCIL CUTS PAY OF CITY WORKERS Fl Ten Per Slash For All Re ceiving $100 Or Less 15 Per Cent For Trose Over $100 Allen Resigns Member c '.he city council, un daunted by the heat, transacted much Important business In a short period at their regular meeting at the city hall last night. Salaries of all city employees, paid through the general fund were cut: the California Oregon Power company franchise ordinance passed at the third and final reading, the resignation of Councilman W. W. Allen accepted, and a meeting called for next Tuesday evening to select his auccesAor, The reductions In city salaries, to become effective July, Include a 10 rwr cent cut for ail employee re ceiving (100 or less a month and 15 per cent cut for those receiving sal-. arlea In excess of 100. A cut In mileage expenses of th city milk Inspector waa also agreed upon. It will bring the present al lowance of eight cent a mile down to six cents. Recommendations, asking for simi lar decreaaea In salarlea, will be pre sented the Medford water commis sion and the library commission, this clause being a part of the motion pre sented by Councilman Allen and f (Continued on Page Three) RANG AS Charles L. Moore, with th for jMU ervb ,.i, Bogue Blvsr, , walked five mile to hi camp lata yester day afternoon, after suffering se vere atraln to his back, and fractur ing hla right ankle In a fall from hi horse, which became frightened. Moor 1 now In th Snored Heart hospital receiving treatment for hi Injuries, having been brought to Medford early in the evening. Th horse apparently becara frightened when a bush touched It while traveling along a narrow trail. Moore said he was thrown from th horse over an embank ment. Being five mile from hla camp. Moore did not know whether th chief ranger would pass on th same, route In hla Journey" two hour later, so he walked the flva mile to camp. INI ISE HARRISBURa, Pi.', June 33 (AP) Rumora that Pennsylvania antl Roosevelt forces would support New ton D. Baker for th presidential nomination were current today In po litical circle here. It had generally been believed th antl-Roosevelt delegatea would sup port Alfred E. smith. WILL- ROGERS BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., June 21. Everybody risks, "who are the Democrats going to noniiimlct" "If the Demo crats nominate a good man." Where do they get that "good man" stuff! The Demo crats haven't got anything else and if you don't believe it you just listen in on the radio next week. Hew through Fort Worth, Texas, the other day and home over the splendid American Airways. Texas is sending more folks to Chicago than they did to Houston. Spocial trains, K.-'s, all for little Jack Gar ner. The wets out this way are hollering for Ritchie. It's go ing to he a great show. Eleven hundred real delegates and not a postmaster in the hall. No body knows what auy one of 'em is liable to do. ?jLiL ami, lUMtassi IsMiwi. Ie7 15
