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EDFORD Mail Tejbune To Advertisers You take no chances when you buy A. B. C. Circulation. The Mall Tri bune It Medford's Only A. B. C Newspaper. Forecast: Tonight and Thursday fair. normal temperature. Temperature: Highest yesterday - , Lowest this morning m,m m Twenty-Seventh Year MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1932. No. 90. n The Weather M fWBT Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS. A MONO the people with whom he has talked, this writer has been able- to find no enthusiasm for Roosevelt. It la agreed generally that he is a good man, but colorless. Many peo ple who don't like Hoover, and there are plenty of such, say of Roosevelt: "He's Just another Hoover. What the Democrats need Is a man radi cally different." a YOO may have noted that on the second convention ballot, Will Rogers got 23 votes. This writer has heard many peo ple say: "Will Rogers la the kind , of man the Democrats ahould noml " nate. People would have confidence In him. He has hard-headed com mon sense." Many Republicans, somewhat simi larly minded, have expressed regret that Dawes couldn't have been the nominee of the Republican conven tion. IP THESE random comments are at all representative of sentiment throughout the country, and this writer suspects that they are, the conclusion to be drawn from them la this: With Hoover and Roosevelt op posing candidates, the campaign will be more or less apathetic, with the prohibition lsue furnishing the only fireworks. HERE Is an interesting story re lated to this writer the other day down at Weed: Por many years olive oil produced In the Sacramento valley was ship ped to Italy In bulk, and there bot tled or put up In cans. It was then shipped back to the United States, and particularly to California, where It was sold to Italians who were quite sure that the olive oil of Italy was the best In the world. Of late, however, California's Ital ian population has been getting wise, and aa a result the demand for "Italian" oil Is faUlng off ana California oil Is gaining In favor. Tou can't fool all the people all the time. IT IS really a funny story. Still, we of Oregon can't laugh too loudly. We ship our raw wool back to Boston, where It Is manufactured Into cloth and then ahlpped out to us again. If we are smart, we will take a tip from the Itallana of California and begin buying our own Oregon-manufactured woolens. FfHE city of Astoria has an exceed- lngly heavy bonded debt. Be cause Its debt la heavy, Its bonds are selling at ft serious discount. The Astorlan-Budget says they are being offered as low as 20 to 22 cents on the dollar. Thrifty citizens, against whose property assessments are outstand ing, wish to purchase these bonds and apply them at par in liquidation of the assessments. An amendment to the city charter permitting this was recently adopted, and the amend ment Is being tested out in the courts. If Its legality Is upheld, the prop erty owner who Is able to get hold of a little money will get a break. WHAT It will amount to, of course, la thst the bondholder will stsnd the loss. Still, If he ! will ing to sell his bonds for 20 to 23 cents on the dollar, It Is rather hard to see why the property owner In Astoria shouldn't be permitted to benefit. UP AT THE DALLES a few years ago they tried an Interesting ex. perlment. Merchants and their employees agreed to park their cara AWAY PROM the shopping district, thus leaving the parking space near the stores for shoppers. The experiment was quite a success, providing an astonishing amount of parking space for those who came down town to shop. Gradually, of 1st, the agreement Is being forgotten, and the amount of parking space available to shop pers la declining. Continued on page four AT PRESENT TIME Former Governor tn Formal Statement Declares Will Have Nothing to Do With Independent Move NEW YORK, July 6. (AP) Alfred E. Smith announced today that he "would support the Democratic party." In a formal statement, the former New York governor said that he wuld have nothing to do with any independent political party, as he considered such a party Impractical. "For that reason," he said. "I will support the Democratic party." He made no mention by name of Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, whom he unsuccessfully opposed for the Democratic nomination for the presidency. Many Suggestions. He said he had received thousands of telegrams and letters, containing suggestions, from all parts of the country.- "Most of the suggestions," ,hls statement said, "urge the organiza tion of an Independent political party. These come from people dis satisfied with the conventions of both parties. I say It Is not practi cal in our country to start a third party at this time, as it would simply register a negative vote, which would accomplish nothing for the people In their hour of need." S Gardens and kale plantings In the Rogue River valley have been the chief sufferers In the path of the army worm since its Invasion of this territory last week, according to re port of R. G. Fowler, county agent. The worms exhibit an especial fond ness for garden produce with toma toes and potatoes constituting their favorite menu, Mr. Fowler stated to day, and If driven from the alfalfa fields, where many are now working, will gladly take over the garden. Since announcement of their ar rival In this section Saturday they have been noted In practically every community of the valley, ranging from Ashland to the Prospect area. They are particularly thick In the upper valley, judgtng from complaints received at his office, Mr. Fowler stated. Little damage from the worms .has been reported by farmers tilling the land along the lower Rogue. Travel ing through the Valley View com munity yesterday, Mr. Fowler said he saw an army of worms moving down the highway. They are very dark green In color, decorated with two yellow stripes down the back and enter the cocoon stage as soon ?s they get their growth, which usually requires about ten days. The worms are not so plentiful this year as when they made their In vasion Into southern Oregon two years ago, Mr. Fowler reported; at least more complaints were reoelved from farmers then. The farmers are also better prepared to fight the pest this year, having profited by their last experience. They are busy now spraying and putting out poison bait to rid the country of the worms before they take over more territory. F PETITION THEFT PORTLAND, Ore., July 0. (AP) Investigation of the alleged theft of signed petitions proposing moving the University of Oregon to Corral lis and consolidating It with the Oregon State college, was taken up today by the district attorney's office. Theft of the petitions, which were said to bear 20,500 signatures, was re ported to police Tuesday. They were said to have been stolen Monday night from a safe In the offices of S. H. C locum and Cyril Brownell by two masked men one of whom held Robert Tallman, watchman, at pistol's point while the other opened the safe and obtained the petitions. Flames Destroy Woodburn Lodge WOODBURN, Ore., July 8 fr Fire today destroyed the Odd Fellows' building here. Six fraternal orders lost all their poasesilons, a restaurant. Jewelry store, pool hall, were destroy ed and a clothing it ore was damaged. Total lose was estimated at about $10,000. Girdlers GARNER IN BUST VIEM RELIEF Speaker Takes Floor for Dramatic Address After Deadlock in Conference Class Legislation Claim WASHINGTON. July 6. (AP) In a dramatic address to the bouse. Sneaker Gamer told his colleagues today that he would fight to the end against President Hoover's views on relief legislation. Taking the floor In a surprise move after conferences between congres sional leaders and Mr. Hoover had ended In a deadlock, the speaker shouted that the chief executive wanted a "selected clientele" to reap the benefits of the reconstruction corporation. ' '.'We propose to say t,p. the presi dent that there shall be no more class legislation," Garner roared as the packed gallerlea and the silent members listened attentively. Country In Bod Shape. "I can say now and I have the president's authority for it, that this country is in worse shape now than it has been in its history," Garner continued. "For when I asked the president he replied that the appropriation of 300.000.000 might lead to a panic. "His policy has been so uncertain that if he looks for a panic around the corner, maybe we can look for good times." Garner said he held out for the (Continued on Page Pour) . ... YOUTHSWAS HORSE THIEVES Two Medford youths of 17 veers, chsrged with stealing three horses, and heading for the Seven Lakes In the Mt. Pitt district on an ex tended camping trip, are acheduled for a Juvenile court hearing tomor row. Two of the horses are fancy racing stock, belonging to Clarence Dodge of the riding academy. The other Is a plain farm horse. The animals were taken from their pas ture east of this city. Deputy Sheriff Louis Jennings caught up with the youths st Desd Indian Springs, and brought them and their mounts back about 10 o'clock last night. The adventurers were well supplied with food, and had saddles. The lads expressed sorrow and were placed under the guidance of parents, until the law can take its course. K.F. Med ford's Junior baseball team, champions of Jackson county, will leave tomorrow for Klamath Falls, where they will meet the Klamath county champs In a contest for the supremacy of southern Oregon, The local team, which Is sponsored by Medford Post No. IS of the American Legion, has practiced hard to get In shape for this decisive game, which means much to their chances to com pete In the state finals. A large group of local Legion and Auxiliary members plan to accompany the Med ford boys and give them all possible support at the game tomorrow. Fol lowing the game they will drive to Merrill to enjoy a big chicken din ner and social meeting to be put on by the new American Legion post at Merrill. All Legionnaire and Auxil iaries are urged to attend both the game and the evening party. PORTLAND, Ore, July -(AP) Mountaineers arrived at Government Camp today with the body of Olen Oullickson, Portland youth, who was Injured fatally In an 000-foot fall down th icy slopes of Mount Hood Tueaday. The mountaineers organized a res cue party as soon as word of the accident was received Tuesday. They reached the body about 8 p.m., and despite the hard, lc -covered snow they made the arduous descent with the body during the nlRht. arrlvir.g at Government Camp about 3.00 o'clock this morning Reach E ALLEN SUCCESSOR AT COUNCIL TABLE Will Serve Until Expiration of Term in November Probe of Copco Rates Will Open in Ten Days W. M. Clemenson, manager of the Jackson hotel, was named to com plete the term of W. V7. Allen on the city council at the regular meeting at the city hall last night. Emerson Merrick, who was also recommended by the committee from the first ward for the position, waa appointed to serve in Aliens capacity on the bud get committee. The recommenda tions were presented the council by Mayor Wilson, who suggested the ap pointments made. They were ap proved by unanimous vote of the council. Mr. Allen, whose term expires with the November election, submitted his resignation at the last regular meet ing of the council because he had moved from the first ward, which he was elected to represent. A meeting of residents of the first ward waa called by Mayor Wilson for the next week and at that meeting the committee, headed by C. E. Gates, appointed to submit a report today. The names of Clemenson and Mer rick were submitted with the com mittee's recommendation. OeBauer on Budget. Max OeBauer waa also appointed to the budget committee last evening, at the suggestion of the mayor, to .complete the unexpired term of Eml Mohr, who announced that other work demanded too much of this time for him to continue on the budget committee. City Attorney Frank Farrell in formed the council that preliminary (Continued on Page Eight) BASEBALL RESULTS First game) New York Pittsburgh ,.. 4 Mooney, Gibson and Hogan; Swe- tonlc and Grace. (2nd game) R. H. E. New York 18 1 Pittsburgh 8 11 1 Luque and Hogan; French and Pad den. (First gsme) Brooklyn 4 14 1 Cincinnati 8 12 1 Thurston. Moore, Bhaute, Qulnn, and Lopez; Carroll and Lombardl, 8econd game; R. H. E. Brooklyn .. 8 7 0 Cincinnati . 2 7 0 Helmach and Bukeforth; Kolp, Ben ton and Manlon. Amerlr-an St. Louis 4 9 1 Boston - . 5 10 8 Bfaaeholder and Bengough; Wet land and Connolly. Farm Families Reported Saved EMPORIA, Km., July 8. (AP) The rescue of 100 farm famlllea ma rooned by the turbulent Neosho river, was reported today by Emporia policemen and firemen. The rescued families lived In a flooded area three miles wide extending from 12 miles northesst to 12 miles southwest of Emporia. SUICIDE ENDS ROMANCE OF TOBACCO KING'S SON WINSTON -SALEM, N. C, July 8 (Pi Bmlth Reynolds, 20-year-old heir to the R. J. Reynolds tobacco mil lions, ended a spectacular career here early today with a bullet wound through his head. The youthful scion of one of North Carolina's richest families died in a hospital at 8:23 a. m., 'jur hours after being brought there from his home st Reynolds, the family estate near here. Ai Walker of Winston-Salem told authorities Reynolds shot himself al most within sight of his bride of a few months, the former Llbby Hoi msn. Brosdwsy "torch singer." Wslker. who was spending the night st Reynolds' home, said they were preparing to retire about 1 a. m., and that he waa closing the windows on the first floor of the psla'.lsl home when IleynoMs appeared on a bal cony outnlde Ms bcjroor.i a .eve. A moment later then oAjna. th sound, Berlin and Hop They're Out IN PLOT TO STAGE Information received from .Salem yesterday hinted that "one of the DeAutremont boys." serving a life sentence for the Siskiyou tunnel quadruple murders and attempted train robbery, was implicated In stag ing a prison riot and thus escspe over the wells. Prison officials were close mouthed over the names of convicts suspected, but admitted that William Donahue, three-time losor, sentenced from this county to life for an extortion, and James Farley, Aurora bank robber, were In the cor rection cells ss the ringleaders. Local authorities, apprised of the plot last week, figure thst Hugh De Autremont, youngest of the brothers, would belmpllcated as he. Is the most daring. Ray and Roy the twins are Inseparable In prison, ss in freedom, and one would not be apt to try for liberty without the other. The Baiem Statesman, relative to the plot, said yesterday: Although the warden mention ed only names of Farley and Don ahue, rumors that at least one of the DeAutremont boys, notori ous for the Bluklyou train rob bery and world-wide search which followed, was among the foiled plotters. The DeAutremont completed five yesrs behind the bars June 27 last, and Wis above is the first intimation that any of them were other than model prisoners. Hugh has been employed In the prison laundry and the twins In the barber shop. They were sentenced to life after confes sions In which esch shared equally the responsibility for the murder of four trainmen. The case, because of the long hunt and the ferocity of the killings, attracted world-wide atten tion. of a muffled shot snd Mrs. Reynolds screamed that her husband hsd been shot. Dr. W. N. Dalton, coroner of For ay '.be county, ordered an autopsy esrly today. He ssld he hsd not de cided whether an Inquest was neces sary and that the autopsy wss to de termine the direction of the bullet. When the autopsy was completed, Dr. Dalton snnounced it disclosed the bullet entered the right side of Reynolds' head and passed entirely through It. He said there were pow der burns around the point where the bullet entered. After announcing the result of (he autopsy. Dr. Dalton de clined to ssy whether he would con vene a Jury. Prsnk Vogler. Winston-Salem un dertaker, ssld there was every Indi cation of suicide. Yount Reynolds first came into (Continued, on pact TwoJ, to Break Post-Gatty Record KILLED IN CRASH IE Mrs. Minnie Myrtle Foster. 40, wife of Perclvsl Foster of Hilt, Col., and a former well known resident of southern Oregon, was killed yes terday noon in an automobile crash on the coast hlghwsy 14 miles north of Gold Bcsch, when her car col lided with one driven b7 a Port lander arfa rolled down an embank ment, pinning hor against a tree. Mr. Foster, who was riding with her, escaped serious Injuries. The occu pants of the Portland auto, 'whose names were not reported here, were taken to the Oold Beach hospital for treatment. The Fosters were returning with their cousins. Miss MAry Maury and Henry Maury of the West Side dis trict here, from a week-end holiday at Coqullle when the accident oc curred. The Maurya were riding in their own car and had been traveling a short distsnce in advance of the Fosters. Upon discovering that they were not continuing behind them several miles out of Gold Beach Mr. Maury turned back to discover the resson and found the cars overturned on the highway and motorist en deavoring to remove Mrs. Foster's body from beneath the car. Mr. Foster, who fell out the ssme door, when the auto rolled down the embankment, was not pinned beneath the machine. He Imme diately spoke to Mrs. Foster, but got no answer and believes dcatn waa Instantaneous. The car was so placed that It was necessary to cut away the tree to remove it irom Mrs. Foster's body. The Perl ambulance was sum moned from Medford and returned to this city at an early hour this morning with the body. Funeral services will be conducted by the Chrlstlsn Selene church from the Perl Funeral home here Sunday (Continued on page five) ITS WILL SEEK. ACTION ON BEER WASHINGTON, July 6. (AP) A meeting of the houae Repuhllcan wet bloc attended by 60 membera today agreed to petition Bpeaker Garner and Representative Snail, the Repub lican leader, for Immediate act ton on beer for revenue legislation. The meeting, called by Representa tive IaOuard la of New York and Britten of Illinois, caucused for nearly two .hours behind closed doors. Then a subcommittee of five headed by Repreaenative William F. Hull of Iillnola, waa named to draft the peti tion!. Britten said the petitions will go alio to Chairman Sumnei of the Ju diciary committee, chairman Pou of of the rules com;r.ittee, and Chair man Collier of the ways and means committee, off for au9cifd Prtsf Photo Bennett (irlrnn (left) of Oklahoma City and Jlmmle Ma It cm (right) of Fort Worth, Trxas, who hopped off yesterday In an attempt to break the round-the-world speed mark set last vear by WHev Post and I Infold Gatty. They are using the alrplnne shown above, equipped with Post's gas tanks and some of his Instruments. The flight Is harked liv Harry Turner and John Mnhce, Oklahoma oil men. PRETTY BRUNETTE BASEBALL PLAYER CHICAGO, July 6. (AP) William Jurgea, star shortstop for the Chl cago Cuba, narrowly escaped death tori i y when a young woman came to his room, shot him twice and then turned the gun on herself. Neither waa seriously wounded. The woman, a pretty brunette, gave her name aa Miss Violet Valll of Chicago. She -gnvB her occupa tion as a cashier In a north aide Chicago store. At the hospital where she was taken, along with J urges, she refused to say why she shot him. From the evidence gathered by the police. It appeared like an unre quited love affair with Jurgea spurn ing the woman's attentions. The police said ahe threatened to shoot Jurgea and in the struggle for the gun, Jurgea was ahot In the right side and left hand and Miss Valll In the left hand. Dr. John Davis, Cub physician, said the aide wound failed to penetrate the vital organs and that no bones were broken by the hand wound. The shooting occurred In the Car los hotel, adjacent to wrlgley Field GOES OVER FALLS NIAGARA FALLS. Ont., July 6. (P) A man, believed to have been Nikolai Semenoff of Cleveland, la re ported to have waded out In the Ni- agara river near Table Rock early today and to have been carried over the Horseshoe falls. On the river bank police found an overcoat with a Paris clothier's label. and a walking stick. Investigation showed Semenoff registered yester day at the Temperance Houae In Ni agara Falls, N. Y. Relatives had ask ed police of this city and Niagara Falls, N. Y-, to be on the lookout for him. .JEW YORK) Julf . (P) Nikolai Semenoff could no longer bear the attacks of the moderns on his be loved ballet and that, ssld a letter to a friend. 1 why he Intended to plunge to desth ovsr Niagara Fall. FREED IN MURDER LONDON. Eng.. July 6.- (AP) Mrs. Elvira Dolores Bsrney. accused of murdering her lover. Thorns William Scott Stephen, was acquitted by a Jury today on both murder and man slaughter counts sgslnst her. She also was exonerated on anoth er Indictment charging Intent to do Stephen grievous bodily hsrm. The Jury wss out a little less than two hours. Stephen, son of a prominent fin ancier, waa fatally shot In Mrs. Bar ney's apartment on the night of May 31. The defense waa that the pistol wsa discharged accidentally a the two struggled for It possession. Orrgon Meal her Pslr tonight and Thursday: normal temperature; gentle oaangeabl, winds ofUhons, -. Moscow GRIFFIN, MATTERN BETTER IE OF POST Ai GATTY. First Americans to Cross Atlantic and Land in Ber lin 18 Hours, 41 Min utes On First Leg Flight HI KLIN, July 6. (AP) The Muttern-Grlffln round-the-world flying team hopped off for Mos cow at 8:00 p. m., Berlin time (3:00 p. m. eastern) today. BERLIN, Germany. July C. (AP) The American round-the-world fly ing team, Bennett Griffin and James Mattern, set their red, white and blue monoplane down In Berlin at 5:40 p. m. (11:40 a, m. E. 8. T.) to day, and thereby set two new marks for other aviators to shoot at. They brought their "Century of Progress" across the Atlantic in the amazingly fast time of 18 hours and 41 minutes and became the first American trans-Atlantic filers . to reaoh this capital non-stop. Mattern aald they would take off again for Moscow before night. -Trip Not Tiresome Tired?" he aald. "Not a bit. We've got double controls and we stood regular watches. While I was work lng Orlff slept, and when ha took over. I curled up. "It was 10 hours and 50 mlnutea on the dot after we left Harbor Grace that we sighted land. We kept on and from there I guess It was Ire land we got to Berlin In 17 hours, 40 minutes flying time altogether. "We'd have got there sooner, oh, hours sooner, but we missed the town and ' veered off to the north. Griff spot ted the name on a little railroad ata tlon and we turned around and came south again. Flew Blind ' Tor all we saw there might not have been any ocean at all. We were flying blind In fog and, believe It or not, our altitude ran from sis inches to 10.000 feet. "Well, we went south of Scotland and then we hit the North sea. Just where we struck the oontlnent In Europe, I don't know." Germsn pilots on the field were Jubilant when the Amsrcan plane came down. Several ran out to where It rolled to a stop and thrust foam ing scuttles of beer at the filers. To Vielr amazement, the Americans wav ed It aside. Water Preferred "What we want," said Griffin, " Is a good long drink of water. That beer looks good but It might not set so well. We haveh't had anything but oranges since we left New York." But they both looked fine behind their wide grins as the welcome be came a small ovation. Herman Koehl, who took the air plane Bremen across to Greenley Island ft couple of years ago, greeted his friend Mattern, whom he had met In Detroit. When the crush was over Griffin and Mattern were taken over to the airport hotel, where somebody gave them tooth brushes, soap and towels. (Continued on rage Two) WILL- ROGERS 'says: NOWATA, Okla., July 5. The Democratic convention was a victory of tlie country boy over the city slickers. Now Tork and Chicago come there thinking that on account of boing iminstrocted Tam mnny waa no more for Smith thnn Smith is for Tammany. Well they thought they would be in a position to atop Roosevelt, sell out to the high est bidder and go homo driving the bandwagon. Great idea. All that went wrong with it was that the old orange squeez ers from California thought of it first, sold out and was on their way west with the loot before Now Tork and Chicago jiggilos could get their cards marked. It was a lesson in rural politics. b
