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I I The Weather Forecast: Tonight and Tuesday fair. Normal temperature. Temperature Highest yesterday . tl, Lowest this morning ,. ,, 4fl EDFORD MAIL TRIE'JNE Proved Circulation A. B. C. circulation It the advertiser's guarantee of quality and quantity circulation. The Mall Tribune ti Medford'a only A. B. C. newspaper. Twenty-Seventh Year MEDFOKD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1932. No. 112. M Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS THE METOLIUS RIVER, referred to In these Jottings yesterday, is mentioned In the diary of Lieutenant, later General, Abbott, who waa sent out from San Francisco along In the fifties to survey a route lor a rail road from San Francisco bay to Portland. He tells of a river that rises In great springs at the base of a moun tain and says the Indians had for It a grunting sort of name, sounding something like Ump-to-ly-aa. This has been gradually softened down to Metollus. IT'S ODD how names change In this manner over a long period ot yeara. There Is the village of Rlck peall, for example, In the Willamette valley, near Salem. This particular part of the Wil lamette valley, as of . course you know, was settled by Frenchmen, fur traders turned farmers. It la from this French settlement that French Prairie takes Its name. f But, getting back to Rlckreall, Its " first name, as given by these French. men. waa La Creole. The Indians. however, had difficulty with the let ter "1," as many children do, ao they pronounced It Ra Creole. From this, It softened down through t.h vears to the present name of Rlckreall. a-A SPEAKING of names, the name Scott Is closely associated with the McKenzle highway, by which the Metollus country Is reached from the Willamette valley. It waa Felix Scott who pioneered this road, now one of the state's ' well known highways. His purpose was to provide a way to move cattle from the Willamette valley to the east side of the mountains. His first venture was moving a herd of cattle to the mines in the'ldaho country. His name Is perpetuated in Scott Lake. t TpHE outstanding characteristic of ft 1 the McKenzle highway is the huge lava field at the summit, which the highway crosses. The greater part jj of this great lava flow came from the Belknap crater, an insignificant- looking hump plainly visible off to the north of the highway. The see of this lava flow is an Interesting scientific question, and It Is possible that Clear Lake, In which the McKenzle river rises, may hold the secret. CLEAR LAKE was formed when a crawling lava river, burning Its way down from the crater In which It had its source, crossed the lower end of a narrow valley and dammed It. There were trees In this valley, and they escaped the burning lava, only to be drowned by the waters that gathered behind the lava dam and formed the present lake. The stark skeletons of these trees, rising from, the bottom Into the clear waters, may be seen plainly from the surface of the lake. A PEW years go the forest service lowered a sttfk of dynamite be side one of these trees and blew It off, and then sawed off the end of the piece that floated to the sur face so that the growth rings would be plainly visible. These growth rings show clearly a series of wet and dry cycles, and If some way could be found to re late these cycles to known dates, It would be possible to tell accurately the age cf these lava flows. ATJLINA Is another name that is scattered generously over this Central Oregon country. You are familiar, of course, with the Paulina mountains, and If you are a fisher man you are undoubtedly -familiar with Paulina lake. Paulina was an Indian chief of more than usual daring and initia tive, and he waa rated as a bad hombre by the white of the early days In this country, and probably he was all of that. Many tales ot his fiendish cruelty have come down to us. The hatreds of those days, how ever, have been somewhat mellowed by the yeara, and we can now reflect calmly that if aomebody' were to eome along and undertake to ravish from us this beautiful country that (Continued on Page Four) Coast Highway Bridges Sought WALDPORT. Ore.. Aug. 1. (Ai't Directors of the Coast Highway asso ciation, meeting here yesterday. Tot ed to ask the state highway commis sion to apply for a loan from the re construction finance corporation to build five timber bridges on the Oregon Coast highway, thereby dos ing all gaps on ttt route. DAY'S LEEWAY FOR AUTOISTS TO GET NEW LICENSE TAG No Arrests Made Today in Oregon Many Receive Warning Rush for 1932 Plates Reported by Hoss SALEM, Aug. I -AP) New license plates are now required on all auto mobiles registered tn Oregon. Altho no arrest were reported by the state police today, numerous warnings were given out. with Indications that arrests would be made beginning to night. This gives late purchasers the balance of the business day to secure plates. ' The secretary of state's department of licenses was busy today. Lines were formed for plates at the Salem office and also at the Portland office, while the mail contained thousands of applications. Secretary of State Hal B. Hoss an nounced that compilation of new licenses Issued up to Saturday night showed. 121,345 new plates Issued as compared to 197,648 at the close of business July 30 a year ago. This was a decrease of 38 per cent. The decrease in money taken tn however was 43 percent. Total receipts were $2,849,049 as compared to 95,033,134 a year ago. Last year there were 264,115 auto mobiles licensed In Oregon. So far only half as many have been regis tered this year. During the 1930-31 period the state licensed In excess of 283,000 plates. 1 AUTOISTS RUSH 1932 TAGS; In the first two hours of business this morning, the sheriff's office is sued an even 100 temporary permits and the rush Is scheduled to con tinue throughout the day. Friday and Saturday of last week 400 yellow stickers- wero Issued,' '-' The state police for the southern Oregon district received strict in structions from executive offices at Salem, to enforce the auto license law with no exceptions. The autoist has two choices, under the ruling either purchase a license, or store his auto, until he does. Enforcement of the license law started this morn ing, a number being warned that the "moratorium was over." It Is estimated that a very smalt percentage of the auto owners of Jackson county will be unable, to comply with the license regulations. The state police will also check up on foreign licenses, and drivers of several cars with California licenses have been ordered to procure an Oregon license, at once, or be sub ject to arrest. A drive will also be conducted on autos without license plates, lights, fenders, hoods and bumpers. It Is figured two dozen vehicles in this shape are chugging over the high ways and byways of the county. STANDARD STAFF TRANSFERS TOLD The complete Nat of transfers In the local agency of the Standard Oil company of California, effective to day. waa announced this morning. Members of the staff transferred to the Portland office are: J. D. Moore, R. D. FalrchUd, C. O. Whitman, P. W. Dltzler, O. E. Welborn, A. J. Taber, Pearl Averhoff, Elizabeth 8wlgart, David Wilcox. Chester Kurtz and A, E. Feist. L. D. Whltteker, chief cleric at the local agency, la being transferred to the home office at San Francisco. B K. Johnson to the Oakland agency and Dorothy McArthur to the San Jose agency. The staff remaining here with A. P. Johnaen, manager, Includes: A. J. Hauk, W. R. Carter, H. J. McMahon. David Yale. Forrest Pickett, Peter Wilder, Ray Rlstlne. Georgia Sdwarda and all members of the local sales men force. SUSPECT LADY BLUEBEARD POISONED MOTHER-IN-LAW TOPER A, Ka.., Aug. 1. ( AP) Lyrta Southard, four of whrwe lx hui hanri have met deat!i under mysterious clrcumtancw, today fared return to Idaho wtiere she heaped from the state penitentiary while serving a 10-year sentence for the fly-paper poisoning of Ed F. .Meter. The "feminine bluebeard." booked aa a 30-yeir old housewife following her arrest here Saturday, declined to ee callers, but was quoted by Perry Bruh, chief of police, aa having ad mltted her Identity. Meanwhile from Denver, where the woman's sixth huxband, Harry Whit lock Urea, came word that District Attorney Earl Wettengel planned to investigate the death of Theodoela Whitlock. Whltlock'a mother. Mrs. Southard married the Denver man last March, elmon a year after her escape from the Idaho Institution by scaling a 10-foot wall, . Missing Girl Fannie Turnbull, 19-year-old Vat sar college student, disappeared from her wealthy horns In Lake Forest, III., leaving a note saying she felt she was a burden on her family. (Associated Press Photo) BARNUM DEFENSE S TELL James Llttell, city marsh all of Jacksonville, and Alyse Evenslzer, 19, testified this afternoon, In the Bar num divorce trial, that Mrs. Barnum "appeared to be intoxicated." while attending a Jacksonville dance, in the summer of 1031. Miss Evenslzer testified that she attended the dance with three others and that Mrs. Barnum "seemed to have trouble staying on the bench, and did not dance so well," and seemed "ready to pass out." The city marshal testified that Barnum asked hlra to watch his wife as she was In no condition to drive the car. He said that later he saw her being escorted across the street by two people and "she needed sup-, port." " The city marshal testified she waa "under the -Influence of something I don't know what." Miss Evenslzer testified that on the way home, with Mrs. Barnum. the . atwrerTOlrce -ordered one of tht men in the car to drive it. .' The defense opened this morning In the divorce suit of Helen V. Bar num against George C. Barnum, with the calling to the witness stand of character witnesses, Including A. S. Rosenbaum, Dr. J. D. Rlckert, H. C. Fredette, Mayor E. M. Wilson, and J. F. Lawrence, all well-known resi dents and business men of this city, who had known the defendant from 6 to 23 years. All testified that Barnum's repu tation was good; that he waa not given to profanity or vulgarity, as charged by the plaintiff. Dr. Rlckert testified that he had lived as neighbor with Barnum and found him a pleasant and congenial man. Both were mechanically mind, ed, and found a common interest In the radio, when first Introduced. The two families had visited back and forth, the witness testified, for sove ral years, and had "seen or heard nothing to excite comment or In terest" In th Barnum family. Dr. Rlckert further testified he saw a bond existed between the father and boy, and that Barnum was a fit person for his care and custody. A ruling of the court restricted the defense In Its questioning of character witnesses to msln facts, "so not to open the door for all the charges thst have been made." Barnum will take the stand, aa the final witness for his side of the case. A score of witnesses will be called In his behalf, and the hear ing of their evidence Is expected to (Continued on Page Three) Montana Printers Tie Up Newspapers BUTTE. Mont., Aug. 1. (AP) A wage scale disagreement between newspaper publishers and proprietors of Job printing shops on the one hand, and printers on the other to dsy hsd resulted In a suspension of two daily newspapers here, the Mon tana Standard and Butte Post, and the Anaconda Standard, in Anaconda as well as a number of the Job shops. Glendsle Work etsrted on forest service road project west of here. She was arrested here when she ca.ied for mall from Whitlock, whom she left hurriedly after explaining her "mother waa 111 in Akron, O." Mrs. Southard, whoee marital vn tures were launched in 1812. waa con Tided of the death cf her fourth huiband, Meyer. In IB30. He lived only 38 diya after their marriage In Twin rails. Ida. At her trial, report of polron found In the bodies of her firat four huaband. a brother-in-law and a tnree -year -old child by her first hu band, were read Into the record. BALLOT MAY JOIN ENII Nazi Leader Far Short of Reichstag Majority,- Re sults of Sunday Election! Show Communists Rise By I.ouls Lochner. BERLIN, Aug. 1. (API Adolf Hit ler's push for complete power In Germsny wss stopped today. The question, following yesterday's elections, wss whether the present government under the Junker-soldier, General von Schleicher, would con tinue, or whether Hitler could nego tiate an alliance with former Chan cellor Helnrlch Bruenlng. Hitler and his nail followers dou bled their strength In the relchstag over four years ago, but fell far short of achieving the clesr majority they sought, receiving little more than one-third of the total vote. Hitler Undaunted. The official apportionment of seata Indicated the new relchstag will have 607 members, distributed among the parties as follows: Nazis, 930; aoclallsts, 133; centrist and Bavarian people'a party. 67; com munists, 89: nationalists, 37; popu lists, 7: Christian socialists, 4; eco nomic party, 3: agricultural alliance, 3; farmers' federation, 3; state's party. 3; farmers' party, 3. At Munich, however. Hitler ussuea statement to his followers In which he called the election "our greatest success and pledged them to "carry on the fight with unabated vigor." "The national socialist party Is now the strongest tn the relclutag," he ssld. "Our movement, unmatch ed in the hlatorv of the nation. Is the result of tremendous labor and cool deliberation." Communists Surprise. Besides the rightist parties' failure to get a majority, the greatest sur prise waa the rise of the commu nists, who Increased their strength from 77 seats to SO. The possibility of an alliance be. tween JHltzler'a nazls and -the cen tralist party of former Chancellor Helnrlch Bruenlng waa widely dis cussed today as an alternative to the continuation of the presont gov ernment under General Von Schlel "cTier " atia; "Cffancellor " Knanz. - von. Papen. PARIS. Aug. 1. LAP) Represen tatives of the United States and Prance were preparing here today to lay the groundwork for understand ings which would pave the way for America's consideration of revision of 'k&t debts. Walter E. Edge, American ambas sador, planned rapid negotiation of a commercial treaty with Prance and It war announced mat steps by the two countries would be taken sion to try to find a formula for disarmament, with special attention to a reduction of the size of the French army. These two questions, the United States was understood to have repre sented to the French government, provided the proper means of ap proach to a revision of the French debt to the United States, but It was explained that no official pressure would be brought upon France to disarm. FIVE-DAY WEEK WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. (AP) Ways of Increasing the u-e of the five-day week In Industry and of spreading employment among a lar ger number of workmen were sought today at conference with cabinet members by a group of New England leaders. Preliminary to a discussion with President Hoover tomorrow, the New Englanders conferred with Secretary of Commerce I-amont and later with Secretary of Labor Doak. Today, too. Individuals, partner ships and corporations could borrow directly from federal reserve banks on paper eligible for discount, the money to be used In financing current busi ness operations. THREEDROWN in THE DALLES. Ore., Aug. 1. (AP) A. O. McCall later and Robert Bchram, both of Portland, were drriwned In the Columbia river near Lyle, Wash late yesterdsy. Although no one witnessed tne drowning, seversl persona were near. They expressed belief that one of the men waa stricken and the other lost hu life In an attempted rearue. PORTLAND. Ore.. Aug. l.(API Claud Lang. 38, of Lake Orove, Ore., waa drowned In Lake Oiivego near hera yesterday when he suddenly tired while trying to swim to an Island 200 yards from abort. BASEBALL RESULTS National St. Louis Boston . 4 .." a Carleton and Wilson; Brown, Cant well and Spohrer. Pittsburg 5 It 1 Philadelphia ....18 23 3 Melne, Brame, Spencer, Chagnon and Grace, Padden; Rhem and V Davis. American Philadelphia . '. . 1 S 0 Cleveland 0 4 0 Walberg and Cochrane: Ferrell and Sewell. Washington Chicago postponed, rain. New York 6 13 0 Detroit 3 11 3 Macfayden arid Jorgens: Whltehlll, Wyatt and Reuel, Hayworth. AGREE ON USE OF Complete co-operation between the fruit Industry and those In charge or the employment relief work In Medford and Jackson county waa promised today at a conference be tween growers Bnd packers, and heads of relief organizations. Prac tically all packing houses and a ma. Jorlty of the larger orchards have agreed to use only local labor In the harvesting of this current fruit crop, and labor carda issued by the Medford Association of ths Unem ployed and the Jackson county court will be required before employment can be secured. The only difficulty apparent at today'a meeting was that It might not be possible to secure a suffic ient quantity of local packers to take care of the anticipated rush Incidental to packing the pear crop, and all qualified packers are re quested to register at once with Harry O. Moore, labor agent for the unemployed, at the city hall. Several packing houso managera Indicated that a full .packing crew has already been engaged, while others reported difficulty in securing a sufficient number of qualified packers. Cards were distributed today to all packing house managers bearing the notation tha nil applicants "Tor labor must exhibit either a card from the Medford Association of tha Unemployed, or from the Jackson county court. It was pointed out that those who registered last winter at the county court, wlh Victor Tengwald, need not re-reglster this year, as carda Issued last year will be honored by all growers and pack ing house managers. The question of Installing a five day week In packing houses waa dis cussed, and some of the managers favored the Installation of this sys tem at once, but others thought It would not be necessary until the peak of the season arrives, or after August 15th. The decision was made that if it la found that there exists a surplus of sorting labor after Au gust 15. a four or five-day week may be instituted to take care of surplus lsbor. Some of the growers present at today's meeting stated that they were fearful there would be a short, age of packers, but assurance was given by representatives of the un employment relief association that sufficient labor would be available to take care of the harvesting of this crop, with the possible excep tion of a few packers which may be necessary from tha outelf.; In order to create a larger supply of skilled packers, a decision waa made today that each packing house will employ approximately 10 per cent new packers who have had no previous experience. These packers will probably he secured largely from the two packing schools now being conducted In Medford. It wss mo opinion of those at the meeting that this method will Insure a steady In crease In the number of packera available In Medford each year. A special request waa made today to orchardlsts and orchard managers to call at the office of the Unem ployment Relief association In the Medford city hall, and recurs one of the cards Indicating that local labor only will be employed at that particular orchard. The co-operation nf the Growers In this retoect l earnestly solicited, according to Mr. Moore. In charge of the unemploy ment relief office. The Zorn - Macpherson Inltlstlve bill designed to move the University of Oregon from Eugene to Corral lls. move the normal schools from Ashland. LaOrande and Monmouth to Eugene, establish Junior colleges at Ashland and LaOrande, move the law school from Eugene to Salem and abandon the normal school plant at Monmouth will be discussed at a meeting of university alumni and students tonight at ( o'clock at the Hotel Medford. Alexander O. Brown, secretary ot the university alumni, who has been In Medford for the past two dsri contacting alumni and others Intorested In the future of higher educalon In Oregon, will apeak. Klamath Fall Sidewalks running along northern side of federal build ln completed. SMITH SUPr ,R SWINGS Info LINE Joseph Ely, Massachusetts Governor Pledges Loyalty Coolidge to Aid Hoover Campaign Is Assertion WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. (AP) Mora political arguments and the announcement that another support er of Alfred E. Smith hsd swung into the democratic fold today kept alive the Interest tn Franklin D. Roose velt's latest campaign speech. Numerous republicans atudled that talk for flawa, but few commented on the statement by Joseph B. Ely, democratlo Massachusetts governor, pledging loyalty to Roosevelt. Ely's declaration was not unexpected. Democrats went ahead with their planning, a close friend ot the New Yorker Frank 0. Wslker being cho sen to take over the drive for money. Walker's appointment as treasurer of the democratlo national committee waa announced by Jmes A. Farley. Conlldge To Aid Hoover Republicans also pushed the'r cam paign plans, Chairman Everett San ders of the national committee say ing In Rutland, Vermont, that Calvin Coolidge would take part in the ef fort to re-elect President Hoover. Just what the former president would do had not been decided, Sandera added. (Continued on Page Eight) I INSIST ON BEER ALBANY, N. Y., Aug. 1. (AP) Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt launched ,hlt drive for the presi dency Saturday with a contention that the main Issue of the campaign la economlo relief and a declaration that he will call on the next congress, If he la elected, to legalize the sale of beer. The democratlo nominee, making his first speech since the acceptance address. at- Chicago on said: "It Is not enough to say that when prosperity Is restored we ahall then consider how to avoid repeating -all the old errors. Today we recognize these errors. Today they should be outlawed for all time to come.".-.' $15 finTFor four in seat Miss( Mary B. Pox of Pasadena, Calif,, 'was fined $lfi in Justice court this morning for allowing four per sons to ride in the front seat of the car which she was driving. City police officers stopped the car Sunday night to warn tho driver, and according to their reports, she be came Impudent, Informing them that It waa "small town stuff" to stop the car on that charge. Two young men were In the auto, neither of whom appeared In court this morning. IN LODGE POLE AREA Two acres of green timber In the Rogue River National forest was burned over this morning, accord ing to reports at the local office. The fire, discovered at 6 a.m., today was under control by 10 o'clock. The blase was In the Lodge pole region on the south fork of the Rogue river. Eight men are now located In the Lodge Pole area, guarding against further outbreaks. Last week about ao acres of brush was burned over there. On Mix-Hour RasU SALEM, Aug. 1. (AP) The state accident commission today, as previ ously announced, went on a six-hour basis, with dally aalary cut in the ssme proportion. The commission will operate regularly from s until 4 o'clock. Dominions Tire of Talk Seek Action on Tariffs By rrank I. Weller (Associated Press Stsff Writer) OTTAWA, Ont., .Aug. 1 (AP) Heavy and open pressure waa brought upon Great Britain's delegates to the Imperial conference today to force the hand of tha mother country on what tariff preferences she Is willing to give. N. O. Havenga nf the South African delegation. In a blunt statement yes terday, virtually called upon tha Brit ish delegation to quit talking about favors alreiuly ahown tht dominions and to get down to facts. Tr.'l statement linked South Africa wltb Australia is tht moTtmenJ Jo New Lions Chief fcr'6 ' 7 1 Chariot H. Hatton of Wichita, Kat., It the now president of Lions International. He was chosen at the organization's Let Angeles con vention. (Associated Prest Photo) JOHN WINNER IN OLYMPIC STADIUM, Los Angtlea, Aug. 1. (AP) Percy Williams ot Canadr., 1938 Olympic sprint cnam- plon, was eliminated today In the firat semi-final heat of the 100 me ters dssh, finishing fourth. The race was won by Eddie Tolan, United States. In 10.7 seconds, with Dan Joubert of South Africa, second, and Yoshloka of Japan third. 4- POSITIONS GO 10 U Chrla Oottliob, manager of the lo cal U. S. employment service, today received word from E. J. Stack, state director of employment, requesting that he give positions to local people, preferably. ..Tha letter states! ; , - .... "We are at this time going to quest that you kindly give every available Job to your local unemploy ed, rather than to transients, witn the thought in mind that at tho end of the season there will not be strand ed In your locality a number of un- emnloved transients In addition to your aurplus of local unemployed, who by every right are entitled to preference In matters of employment as well as clvlo aid In times of dis tress and need." 181 PlPLESIGN LABOR T Working out a plan to avoid dup. Ucatlona in the city and county list ings of unemployed and to determine the number of skilled laborers and professional men Included In the to tal, the committee from the Medford Association of the Unemployed Is meeting this afternoon with the county committee at the county court house. Registrations of unemployed up to non today, reported by Victor Teng wald, chairman of the employment committee, Included 68 women and 135 men. Thla number is in add! tlon to the 2317 to whom labor carda were Issued last year. LAKE 0' WOODS PICNIC A party of approximately one hun dred printers, their wives and fami lies of Medford and Klamath Fans, gathered at Lake o' the Woods yes terday for their annual picnic, for which the Klamath union was hosts, The day's program Included awlm- mlng, boating, dancing and a base ball , game, which the local group won, 8 to 0. James Murray and A. F. Stennett were local members of the committee on arrangements. bring tht conference down to brass tacks. Havenga charged that Stanley Baldwin did not give a true picture of the situation when he declared last week thst the Union of South Africa hsd a favorable tradt balance against the United Kingdom. Many delegates already have begun to talk of leaving here not later than Aug. 19 and there waa evldenoe today that the sub-com:nlttee were pre psrlng to get down to serious trading. In splta of tha difficulty or reach Ing an agreement, most of tht dele gates, except for those from India and the Irish Free State, were report ed fearful of going homt empty' handed. P SITE S Pinchot to Address Vets- Johnstown Mayor Irked by Refusal Federal and Red Cross Aid in Burden fly I. W. SHERIDAN (Associated Press Staff Writer) JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Aug. 1 (AP) A claih between city authoritlea and communlsta appeared Imminent today as Mayor Eddie McCloskey served notice that the communists cannot address the bonus expedi tionary force In Central Park to night. Police authoritlea said that the commup.ljte plan to defy the mayor. McCloskey said that he would lead tho police In person to stop any gathering at the park. On the heels of an announcement that Governor Pinchot will address the bonus-seeking veterans encamp ed here, Mayor McCloskey said he had asked Smedley D. Butler, retired brigadier general of the'U. S. Marine corps, to visit the veteran's camp to give advice and strengthen the morale of the bonus army. Ry L. W. SHERIDAN1 fAMOPlntert Press Htaff Writer) JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Aug. 1. (AP) A promise that Governor Pinchot will address tha World War bonus seeking veterans and that they will not be molested If they are orderly was given the bonus expeditionary force encamped here today. The field staff of the bonus army and Mayor Eddie McCloskey ot Johnstown were Informed that the governor will come here, but the time of his visit waa not announced. Meantime. In the camp the flag (Continued on Pago Four) E Speaking In defense of the Eigh teenth amendment, A, W. Shepherd. rancher of phoenix, addressed tha Klwanis club at luncheon today at the Motel Medford and described pro . hlbltlon as the only safe method for control of the liquor question. As a moral and economlo issue," Mr. Shepherd approached the prohibi tion Issue, stating that he would not discuss It as a political Issue altho the noisy minority has made It one." In answer to claims that prohibi tion was put over on the people aa an emergency Issue during tho World war, Mr, Shepherd sated, "Prohibi tion waa brought about through 100 years of fighting by tho temperance people, A dry congress was elected aa early as 1013. Before 1030 there were sixty-two million people living In dry territory and only forty mil lion tn wet territory. In 31 of the dry states, prohibition waa adopted by popular vote," Tho association for repeal ofprohl- bltlon, Mr. Shepherd described aa a rich men's club, organized to spread propoganda to deceive the people. Tho press he also described as wet and unwilling to print figures and facts, showing the success of prohibi tion. Turning to tho Literary Digest poll. ho contested Its reliability aa an In dicator of the sentiments of the peo ple at large, referring to a poll, which showed Pennsylvania and Texas to be wet states, when each later elected a dry governor. Refuting the arguments used to show crime a result of prohibition. Mr. Shepherd Introduced figures from other countries showing trat crime waves exist elsewhere. Figures ob tained from the Dominion of Canada, he quoted as follows for the period of 1023 to 1030: "Liquor consumption increased 80 per cent, convictions for drunkenness SI per cent, violation of liquor laws 03 per cent, vagrancy and disorderly conduct 118 per cent, offenses against childhood 110 per cent, other minor orfenses 193 per cent, felonious assaults 01 per cent, violent crimes against property 18 per cent, other major crimes 77 per cent." The population Increase for the same period, Mr, Shepherd quot ed as JO per cent. The coat . of prohibition to tho United States from 1930 to 1031 wae listed at aB4.156.534 and the amount collected In fines for tho same period 548.588,684, leaving a net revenue to the government of 264.433.380. Before prohibition the amount of liquor consumed In the United States waa twenty gallons per capita, since prohibition, Mr. Shepherd stated It has been seven gallons per capita. "More liquor drunk"? the speaker declared, "of course no one believes It. It's absurd." "There la less drinking In high schools, leas drinking in colleges, sur veys show." Stressing the fact that prohibition could be enforced if dry official were sent to office, Mr. Shepherd quoted Mrs, Mabel Walker Wills brandt, and discounted Arthur Bris bane's complaints of boys and gtrla In New York speakeasies by stating that before prohibition the aatocn was the gathering place for youth. Mr. Shepherd closed his address by stating. "Retaining what we now hare la the only way wo can have A , aobar and progressive nation.
