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Southern Oregon Shriners of Hillah Temple Off to S. F. Conclave The Weather Forecast: Sunday fair; no change In temperature. Temperature Hlgheat yMterday M Lowest thla morning M Medford Mail T To Advertisers Too take no chances wheo 70a bay A. B. C. Circulation. The Mall Tri bune Is Medford'l Only A. 0. C Neuspaper. ONE Twenty-Seventh Year MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JULY 24, 1932. No. 105. rib J RELIEF LEADERS : MLJENAID Fowler, Mrs- Reames And Applewhite' Appointed By Court To Designate Com mittees In All Districts. ' R. G. Fowler, county agent, Mrs. A. S. Reames, head of the women's di vision of Governor Meier's commlt- ? tee for relief of unemployment, and ' Clyde Applewhite, Ashland, district commander of the American Legion, were appointed yesterday morning by Judge C. B. Lamkln as a committee of three to name committees In all dis tricts to head the extensive relief program to be undertaken in Jack son county. The appointment waa made at a meeting of the Jackson county com mittee of the governor's council, held at the county court house following discussion of the various phases of ' the problem to be met to centralize relief work and eliminate all dangers of duplication. Meet Next Week . The committee of three will meet early next week to formulate plans for Immediate action in tots county. Inspired by the arrival last week of representatives of the state commit tee, who are making a survey of all regions of. Oregon. The need for immediate and ex tensive preservation of foods, for which there will be great need next winter, was emphasized by Mrs. Reames, who informed the group that members of the women's divis ion are ready to lend every effort to the cause. She suggested that the work be carried on through co operation of the Granges through all country precincts, neighboring Jack son county towns, and asked that a move be made In the very near fut ure for obtaining a central ware house, through which products will be distributed to the needy. It was suggested that store build ings on Sixth street, owned by the (Continued on Page Three) I OTTAWA, July 23. (AP) The In sistence of Australia upon effective assistance from Great Britain in mar keting Australian products threw In to bold relief tonight the differences of opinion on the matter of grant ing empire preferences. At the outset the British delegates declared themselves for the general principle of lowering tariff walls for empire nations, as opposed to raising such walls against foreign countries. For the first time d urine the con ference the Unfted States was brot directly into the proceedings by a South African statement. After re viewing the fruit Industry's Import ance to the union of South Africa and citing its growth, a South Afri can supplementary statement added: "Competition, however, from for eign countries, such as the United States and some of the South Ameri can states, is becoming Increasingly strong. "Great Britain has granted 10 per cent preferences on fresh fruits, but It has already become patent that in the case of citrus this preference can not be effective. "Th position Is suoh that the union is forced to ask for further consideration of Its fruit exports and also in regard to Its wines and to bacco." HOOD BARTLETTS TO HOOD RIVER, Ore.. July 23. (AP) -A Bartlett pear harvest of more than 2000 tons la expected by grow ers In this district. Because outside canneries have not offered a satisfactory price for the fruit this year, the apple growers as sociation has decided to ship about half of the Bartlett pear crop It handles to the fresh fruit markets and can the remainder in Its own cannery, Victor C. Follenlua, gen eral manager, said. Packing House At Hood River Burns HOOD RIVER. Ore.. July 23 (AP) Fire believed to have been of incen diary origin today destroyed the ap- r. . - L.I derson ranch. Loss was estimated by ! the owners at 13000. partially cover ed by Insurance. The Gerdrs hotel here was damaced considerably In another fire before the blare was brouzht under cn'rr?! by the fir; department. Hood River. Recently completed 140,000 Hoegiial being occupied. Reese Creek Ranch Quickly Traded By Little Tribune Ad "It pays to advertise In the Mall Tribune! I'll say It does," says W. R. Lamb, rancher of the Reese Creek section, w,ao Is mov ing to his new home at Central Point, obtained through an ad vertisement in the Mall Tribune. Mr. and Mrs. Lamb were anx ious to trade their farm of 147 acres for town property. They put an ad in the Mall Tribune. Right away J. A. DeArmond was ready to oblige them. He traded two central Point properties for the farm which will be operated by his son-in-law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Leigh. Thirty additional inquiries were made In personal calls in answer to the ad and numerous letters received, Mr. Lamb stated. T August will see the rebuilding of fires under the political pot of Jackson county and already slmmer lngs of the utensil are heard In the valley, for August will see the flow ering of Independent candidacies a number of which are in the bud. Under the Oregon law covering In dependent candidates, filings are pos sible not more than 100 days before the general election, and not less than 45 days before the same event. Conventions for the nomlnatlong of an Independent candidate, mufet also be made under the same time limits. A petition was circulated in the business district of this city Thurs day on bahalf of one candidate for 'Independent county judge, and, It was reliably reported that petitions for a nominating convention for an other were In circulation in Ashland. Proneness of voters to sign petition was also reported In contradiction of the old custom," to sign any kind of a petition once," - It has been political gossip - for some time that the fall election would see several Independent can didates for county places as the lust for office was not entirely cooled by the primary results. To date two Independent aspirants have made flat-footed declarations of Intention to run. These are Attor ney M. O. Wllklns of Ashland, who has announced he will be a candidate for the district attorneyship opposing the regular Republican and Demo cratic nominees for the bert,h and A. W. Pipes, for county judge, E. H. Haynes of Rogue River has se cured petitions for an Independent race for the Gold Hill district Jus ticeship against the Incumbent, H. D. Reed. It is predicted, even at this early date, that the fall campaign will excel anything in the way of con troversial fury and political "hooey," that ever swept over Jackson county. . Reaches Iceland REYKJAVIK, Iceland, July 23. (AP) The German inter-continental filer, Captain Wolfgang Von Gronau, reached here today from Seydtsfjoer dur, Iceland, with 1900 miles or his projected 6,1000 mile flight from Germany to Canada behind him. Swimmer Drowns RAINIER, Ore.. July 23. (AP) Mrs. Thelma Wolfe, 18, drowned Fri day while bathing at Slmonds Beach, west of Rainier. The body was recovered. Ziegfeld Made Millions With Stage Spectacles Died Virtually "Broke" HOLLYWOOD, Calif., July 33. (AP) Florena Ziegfeld, who as the originator of the famed Zetgfeld's Follies of New York became Interna tionally known as "the glorlfler of the American girl," is dead in his sixty-fourth year. The noted theatrical producer succumbed to a heart attack at 10:31 o'clock last night at tie Cedars of Lebanon hospital where he apparently had been recovering from a lung congestion resulting from an attack of pneumonia suffered nearly a year ago. At his bedside when he died weret only his nurse and one of his phy sicians. Dr. Marcus Radwln. The producer's wife, Blllle Burke, stage and screen actress, arrived at the hospital two minutes after her hus band's death. She had rushed from a film studio and was still wearing the film makeup in which she had been working In a night scene for a screen production. By Raymond J. Crowley NEW YORK, July 33 (AP) Broadway, where sentiment and hard cash are twin klnes. shook Its head sadly today over Florena Zieg feld "s death and said: "Isn't It too bad he had to die broke?" For the Impression along the lane of gossip and putter Is that the grand glorlflcr, who garnered millions . , , only to fling them forth in new ventures, was virtually a poor man. He ml&ht, the Times Square bright lads said, have tucked aay some Insurance against the day whn beauty and (clamorous statecraft should encounter Mies reslsisnco but that was probably all. (Continued on Page Three), BONUSERS BEAT ZERO HOUR FOR HOMEWARD TRiP B. E. F. Members Told To Get Off Government Property By Midnight, Or Else Ride R. R. Cushions By Robert S. Pickens (Associated Press Staff Writer) WASHINGTON, July 33. (AP) On the cushtdns, on the rods, and on the broad highways, members of the bonus army today were heading home, leaving only a fraction of their original strength in the nation's capital. Prank T. Hlnes, administrator of veterans affairs, said today that only about 3,500 of the- city's unexpected and indigent guests remained for of ficials to worry about, and kind hearted Washlngtonlans to feed. 8.00ft peak of Occupation Hlnes expressed the opinion that at no time had there been more than 8.000 of the bonus seeking veterans here but police by actual count on parade days set the number at 11,700. Leaders of the army claimed a total of 22,000 at the peak. Most of the departing guests went on "the plush," presenting railroad tickets furnished by the veterans administration. Others scorned to be-1 come "softies' 'and went out the way 1 they they came, on top of and under neath box cars. A third large group rode away In the automobiles they came In, mo tors propelled by gasoline furnished by the ' government and charged against the bonus certificates of the car owners. The deadline for applications fur transportation loans Is midnight Sun day night. x The treasury department served no tice on those remaining that thay would have to get off government property, where they have dug them selves In, 'by Monday at midnight or else. . . PAST POTENTATE OF SHRINE MINNEAPOLIS, July 23. (AP) Charles E. Ovenshlre, 76, Imperial po tentate of the Shrine of North Amer ica in 1B17, died last night after a four months Illness. He was active in other Masonic activities also. Ovenshlre was treasurer and gener al manager of the Minneapolis Knit ting works. He was born In Athens, Pa., and Is survived by his widow and a daughter, Mrs. G. P. Dickson of Minneapolis. Funeral services will be conducted here Monday, Car Halted Here Stolen, Is Word The state police late yesterday re ceived word that the auto driven by Kenneth T. Kinney, and stopped near Gold Hill Saturday morning, was stolen from the streets of Bremer ton, Wash. Kinney and William T. Hart, his companion, will be return ed to Washington, and face probable federal prosecution for violation of the Dyer act. The two women will be held as material witnesses. The authorities believe their story, that they paid Kinney $10 as fare to San Francisco. I I BASEBALL RESULTS PORTLAND, Ore., July 23. (AP) Night gam,. R. H. E. Hollywood OSS Portland 8 8 8 Page and Baasler; Shores and Pltz patrlck. B. H. E. Sacramento 8 14 0 Los Angeles 18 0 QlUlck and Wlrts; Baecht, Caster and Campbell. B. H. E. Missions .. , w Seattle Cole, Lleber and Blccl; Bottartnl. 5 11 0 4 10 1 TAKES MASONS At five o'clock this morning the Hillah Shrine special -left Medford for San Francisco bearing over a hundred wearers of the fee and mem bers of their families who will par ticipate in the Imperial Shrine ses sion Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs day of this week. .With baggage cars colorfully decorated and a giant red Hillah Fez surmounting the locomo tive, the Hillah train will create con siderable comment on Its Journey through the Sacramento valley to the bay metropolis. One of the outstanding features of the pilgrimage to San Francisco will be a special party which Is being planned by members of Ben All Shrine temple of Sacramento for the southern Oregon delegation. The Ore gon Shriners will be met at their train by a group t cars and whisked to a great banquet and party to De held In their honor. Following the entertainment at Sacramento, the Hillah special will complete the Jour ney to San Francisco in time for the Hillah patrol, band and drum corps to atrt as official escort units in .wel coming eastern Shrine contingents. A number of local Shrine members will make the trip south by motor car. The Hillah special train, how ever, will carry Potentate George R. Chapman, his divan and over seventy members of the patrol, drum corps and band. The patrol, comprised of Klamath Falls members will Join the representatives from Medford, Ash land and Grants Pass at Montague. E BY T CHICAGO, July 33 (AP) Not In the least apprehensive, the legal ma chinery of the Chicago board of trade moved tonlg..ht to appeal to the court the matter of Its su, pension as a contract market for refusing clear ing house rights to the farmers na tional grain corporation. Peter B. Carey, president of the board, was emphatlo In a statement there would be no recession from the stand denying cjearlng house privi leges to the corporation. Anticipating the suspension, Carey Indicated all legal details were per fected to make an appeal to the Uni ted States circuit court of appeals here within the 115 days allotted the board before the suspension becomes effective. SCOn 10 HEAD V. F. W. OF STATE EUGENE, Ore., July S3. f AP) Election of officers and selection of Roe burg as the 1033 convention city brought to a close today the annual convention of the Veterans of For eign Wars, department of Oregon. Dr. W. O. Scott, of Portland, was chosen department commander and Howard Swetland, of Astoria, was elected senior vice-commander. Bryan Conley, of Salem, was elected junior vice-commander. The veterans adopted a resolution recommending that the forest service place at each land office a man to locate veterans on government land free of charge. In the voting contest conducted at the Foi Craterian theater for the re cipient of the 1233 Nome refrigera tor. Phil Lou ns berry of 34 Highland Drive was winner of first place, with "Herbert Hoover" of Washington, D. C, second, and Mrs. D. W. Stone of 1128 West Main street third. The contest closed last night, after being In progress for several weeki. The Judges counting the votes were Ray Wright, H. T. Hubbard and Roy Shrer. SPREAD OF RELIEF FUNDS WILL START ERE WEEK ENDED Task Of Creating New Em ployment And Aiding Des titute Spurred Govern ment Saving Also Hurried WASHINGTON, July 23. (AP) Ex ploring pathways of economy and launching huge new enterprises la keeping the federal government i high-keyed as never before at the end of a session of congress. The task of spreading federal re lief for destitution and creating new employment is getting under way, ; and probably will be in actual oper ation before the next week la out. Plans are being fashioned to launch a system that will relieve pressure on that oft disregarded ordinary Aerlcan the homeowner. But the biggest Job of all for gov ernment workers from the cabinet to the rank and file, is shaking down to a regime of bonedeep scrimping and saving. Many are finding that It can be done without loss of effi ciency. Activity In Week. Congress adjourned Just one week ago today. The national economy ?blll waa already legally In effect but Its application Is proceeding slowly. The $2,122,000,000 relief bill and the $125,000,000 home loan bank bill were left on President Hoover's desk and have since been signed. The president still had to appoint men to handle these tremendous tasks but many branches of the gov ernment have been drawn Into con sultation to map out their execu tion, and little loss of time Is In sight. Into this already busy week was injected signing of the St. Lawrence waterway treaty with Canada, char ter for a giant enterprise of still un measured significance In Its event ful opening of the midwest to ocean commerce. Bonus Army Problem. Less directly, federal officials have had to dear and carefully with the unprecedented occupation of the capital by . the bonus-asking world war veterans who came to besiege congress and were reluctant to leave after their objective was lost. Efforts having their source at the white (Continued on Page Eight) TAKES LEAD IN TEXAS ELECTION DALLAS. Tel., July S3. (API Mrs. Miriam A. "Ma" Ferguson, form er governor and wife of an Impeach ed former governor, James E. Fergu son, swept Into the lead tonight In her effort to win the Democratic gubernatorial nomination from Ross 8. Sterling, the Incumbent. A Texas election bureau compila tion of 69,561 votes from 78 of the state's 2S4 counties, none complete, gave Mrs. Ferguson 99,818 votes and Sterling. 33,434. Tom F. Hunter of Wichita Falls, oil man and lawyer, the only other of eight candidates for the nomina tion who waged an active campaign, was third with 1.1,031 votes. The other five candidates trailed. Two years ago Mrc. Ferguson led Sterling In tfee first primary only to lose In the run-off primary Into which they went as the two highest In the race. With some emintles not voting on the subject of whether the eighteenth amendment should be repealed or left as It Is, the wets ran up an early lead of 33,393 to 9.203. BONUS CASH FOR PORTLAND, July 23. (AP) War veterans of Oregon may now receive Immediate loans of up to 60 per cent on their compensation certificates, with no more trouble than simply providing proper Identification. The Interest rate has been reduced from 4 '4 per cent to 3 ft per cent. About 2,500 veterans will be eligible In Ore gon. An amendment to the veterans act, signed Wednesday by President Hoo ver, removed the restriction which provided that the applicant for the loan must have had his certificate two years before making such appli cation. Portland Lawyer Commits Suicide PORTLAND, Ore., July 33 (AP) C. L. Whealdon, 42. an attorney, com mitted suicide today, police aald, by leaping Into the Willamette river near Oswega. Friends told police Whealdon had suffered a nervous breakdown, about a mosfe agp SHRINE LEADER GREETED BY ISLAM Thomas J. Houston, (left) Imperial potentate of the Shriners In North America, was greeted upon hla arrival In San Francisco from Chicago by Potentate John H. Skaggs (center) of Islam Temple and William H. Woodfleld, director of the fifty-eighth annual convention. (Associated Press Photo) B E FOR WAR DEBTS WASHINGTON, July 23. (AP) Senator Borah of Idaho proposed to night an Immediate world confer ence to consider revision or cancel lation of war debts Integrally with a program for settling other post-war problems. Borah, chairman of the powerful senate foreign relations committee, delivered his message by radio, pro posing the world conference as a fol low up to the Lusanne reparations agreement, which he said was more of a "harbinger of pence and the hope of humanity" than the Versailles peace treaty. Borah painted the Lausanne agree ment, as "the most Important step taken since tha war looking to the restoration of confidence In political and business affairs." He added that if the policies Ini tiated at Lausanne were carried for ward "there will come a time when It will be distinctly to the interest of the people of the United States" to again consider the question of war debts. Borah warned, however, that revis ion of the debts should not be predi cated on the reparations agreement alone. HOLDUPS SLAIN TACOMA, Wash., July 93.--,' AP) Two holdup men slain by Tacoma police last night were Identified to day as brothers, Eugene and Harold Self, quarter breed Indians, who have been living in a shack on the out skirts of the city for several months. Eugene Self was the object of con siderable interest two years ago when he married his aunt, Mrs. Trlxle Self, many yearn his senior. They sep arated a few months later. The Self brothers were slain In i trap set by police to catch a pair of "parked car" bandits who have robbed a score or more of couples In Tacoma'a west end. A policeman sat In a decoy auto mobile with curtains drawn and two other officers concealed themselves r the brush nearby. The bandits ap peared the third night and, when they resisted arrest tne waiting orncers riddled them with slugs from sawed -off shotguns. Wheat Pool Profits REOINA, Bask., July 23. (AP) The Saskatchewan wheat' pool will complete the present crop year with a surplus of over $1,000,000 after pro viding for all operating costs, A. P, Sproule, director for wheat pool dis trict No. 2, said today. BLAST DRIVES GRAVEL INTO E. P. MAN'S BODY O. Mynatt, 35, of Eagle Point, re ceived serious Injuries to his eyes, face, chest, arms and abdomen late Friday, when a stick of dynamite ex ploded 1 na well he was drilling, driv ing a shower of rock and gravel Into hla skin, perforating it with painful holes, Mynavt had placed two sticks of dynamite In the well. An explosion followed and he. vsumlng that both sticks had gone off, soon after en tered the well to continue drilling. He placed the drill Into a bole and the action was Immediately followed by a second explorion. Small rocks and gravel from the bottom of the well were blown Into his face, his mouth snd eyes and driven Into the skin of other parts of his body. ThT well being located on hi fa ther's ranch out from Eagle Point, several member ot tb femj)f ;V - 1 L? f . 1 T TO S. F. CONCLAVE PORTLAND, Ore., July 23. (AP) More than 600 Shriners from the middle west and east poured into Portland's downtown streets In color ful parade-today as their two spec ial trains stopped here for several hours en route to the National Shrine convention, In San Francisco. Toy cannon reverberated and bands blared as the visiting lodgemen, fezz od and caprlsoncd marched through the city streets. The first train of two sections of 13 cars each bore Aleppo Temple of Boston, headed by the Illustrious potentate, Roy J. Fayo, escorted by the uniformed band and drum corp. and one ' of ' the ' largest patrols In ahrlnedom. The other tral carried 213 Shriners from several middle western cities, with Osman Temple of St. Paul having the largest ' group aboard. Others In the parties In cluded Adolf Haffner, potentate of Tripoli Temple, Milwaukee, Wis.; A. 0. Mason, potentate of Cairo Tem ple, Rutland, Vt.j temples from Far go, N. 0., Toledo, Ohio, Duluth, Win nipeg, Reglna, Billings, Dos Moines, Dead wood, 8. D., Bloux Falls, St. Jos eph, Evansville and Sioux City. J HYDE PARK, N. T., July 39. f..AP) Governor Rootevelt today discuss ed with Owen D. Young, war debt expert and "big business" leader, for eign and domestic affairs, particularly the relationship of the American na tion to current world-wide economic problems. Young and the democratic presi dential nominee were In conference at Krum Elbow for an hour and a half. Young could be seen through a window of Roosevelt's study puff ing at his pipe and talking rapidly. Roosevelt could be heard Interjecting his own views. Neither Young nor Roosevelt would shed much light on their conversa tion. Smashup Fatal to Log Truck Driver MARSHFIELD, Ore., July 23. (AP) Ouy Weekley, 34, of Myrtle Point, was killed today when hla log ging truck failed to climb a hill, backed down the grade and crashed over the side of a small bridge Into the bed of a creek. Fred Rookart, a passenger, leaped to safety. Weekley was thrown Into the air by the Im pact and died Instantly. present and a rope was Immediately lowered, his body lassoed, and the injured man brought o the ground He was taken to the Sacred Heart hospital, where he underwent an op eration for removal of ttie tiny rocks, whtch Dr. L. D. Inskeep, attending physician, stated last night, had not left one Inch of his skin without per for t Ions. Mynatt's eyes which were badly In jured by the flying stones, seemed slightly Improved yesterday and It waa believed his sight would not be permanently Impaired by the accl dent. His skin will be scarred and the In juries, necessarily, very painful for sometime, Dr. llskeep stated last ntght. He spent several hours remov ing particles of rock and dirt from the man's skin and was then unable to locate ail Imbedded by the explosion. Y CHEST T AS $100 In Treasury $3000 In Delinquent Pledges $1200 Necessary Carry On Work During August. With only one hundred dollars In Its treasury, three thousand dollars In delinquent pledges and twelve hundred dollars necessary to carry on the work for August the Com munity Chest Is faced with the ques tion of what to do. This question Is not simple, since all of the char ity organizations for which funds are collected by the chest are run on budgets and the very necessary work of relief cannot be carried on except through the money pledged by firms and individuals. Call Monday Meeting "The critical condition In the fi nancing of further . relief work through Red Cross, Salvation Army and Health Association Is the ques tion which the directors of the Com munity Chest will consider at the meeting called for next 1 Monday night," aald one of the directors of the chest today. "There la a growing list of delin quent pledges which neither letters nor personal calls seem able to re duce. Ulnce the publicity given to the Medford Association of the Un employed there haa not been a single cent collected by the chest which makes us believe that in some way contributors to the chest have made up their minds that thla new plan Is going to aolve the need for further relief work, 'There la absolutely no parallel between the two organizations since one Is an attempt to relieve un employment directly while the other Is charity and character building work purely and simply and Is wltti us year In and year out through prosperity and depression. Pledges Should Be Kept "It Is Incredible to us to have to believe that the citizens of Med ford who -have made these pledges -to their 'own Community Chest are now going to welsh on thm. There Is no compulsion for anyone to give to any charity but once a pledge has been made .there Is the strongest necessity that everyone, without a single exception, live up to his pro mlse. If the city of Medford and citizens thereof wtah In the future to out down or to do away with charity within these gates It Is cer tainly within their rights to do so, but it Is not Just to their chest dlr- ( Continued on Page Eight) TAKEN BY POLICE State police early yesterday morn Ing arrested Kenneth B. Kinney, 33, William L. Hart, 33, Mrs. H. R. Fuller, 37, and Mrs L. R. Phelps, all of Brem erton, Waah., pending Investigation relative to the ownership of the sedan in which they were traveling. The party headed south, was stopped near Gold Hill. Kinney, driver of the auto, tha state police say, first claimed hla name was Foley, but later admitted he was not the man described on the driver's license. He claimed he had "borrowed the car, without the know ledge of the owner," The two women asserted that they were passengers to San Francisco. ROGEHS 'joys; BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., July 22. Mussolini has got tha right idea. When a cabinet of ficer resigns he fills the post himself, and when a cabinet holds a meeting Mussolini just tnlks to himself under an as sumed name. See they arc sending th bo nus boys home at just what it actually costs, but they give the congressmen 20 cents a mile to get rid of them. Mr. Hoover is not to "cpen the gnmes here," which means his political advisors have as sured him that the state is "safe." Well, he will not only miss some votes but will miss some awful good running and jumping. Maybe he has seen enough of that in Washington. 4