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Twenty-Seventh Year MEDFORD, . OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1932.""" f No. 127.
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Comment
on the
Day's News
By 'RANK JENKINS.
CONGRATULATIONS to Colonel and
Mra. Lindbergh on the birth of
their new eon. And Ufa let It go at
eongratulatlona, and put the aott
pedal on the curiosity.
Considering everything that baa
gone before, they're entitled to a lit
tle privacy in their Uvea for a while.
THE STOCK MARKET, quiet for
nearly a week and down a little
as to prices, reacted sharply Monday
f morning, prices tilting upward In the
first hour and then eliding off as
people, tempted by the possibility of
profit, sold and put the money In
their pocketa at least for the mo
ment. Then, on a wave of buying, prices
ROSE AGAIN.
WHAT does It all mean?
Well, It means, of course, that
people ara gambling again, and that
la BAD, It Isn't gambling that we
need to bring prosperity back.
The return of prosperity will be
brought about by hard work, careful
planning, real courage and faith In
the future of this great country.
So don't pay a great deal of atten
tion to stock market news, and DON'T
GAMBLE.
BUT you needn't overlook the fact
that these repeated rises In the
atock market are important because
they indicate a considerably Improved
atate of mind on the part of the pub
lic. This improved state of mind Is
an Indication of lncrewd confidence
In the future, and Increased confi
dence In the future la necessary for
the return of better business.
THIS writer was present the other
day at a lodge of sorrow. Two
friends were counting up the money
they had lost by NOT BUYING
STOCKS a month ago. They were
pretty gloomy..
If you SIMPLY HAVE TO WORRY
about something, you can probably
find something more useful to worry
bout than the money you have lost
by not gambling on the stock market
In the past ftw weeks.
PERHAPS you read this headline
yesterday: "Farm Products Rise
on Markets In Past Month."
The Washington dispatch, over
which the headline appeared, read:
"While business activity remained at,
a low level during July, prices of agri
cultural producta made noticeable ad
vances. Since July 15, market prices
of cotton, grains, egga and dairy pro
ducta have increased considerably."
That la good news, not merely to
farmers, whose crops will be worth
more money as a result of theae In
creases In price, but to business men
generally, who know that In the past
rising prices of farm producta have
' been the elgnal of the end of depres
sion and the beginning of better
times.
r
T IS interesting to note that the
fame dispatch gives reduced sup
plies as the reason for these increas
ing prices.
The economists tell us that price la
K controlled by supply and demand, and
while many radical thinkers have
tried to convince us that this la r.oi
true the fact remains that when sup
plies are large and sellers more nu
merous than buyers, prices have been
low, while when supplies are email
and buyers more numerous than
sellers, prices have gone up.
If you are wise, you will stick to
fundamentals, and not permit your
self to be led astray by radical think
ers who DISREGARD FUNDAMEN
TAL In order to make a point,
PEAKING of hasher prices for Krrl-
kJ cultural products, this wriwr
learned yesterday of sn offer from a
reliable source of 10 cents for wool.
As late as June, about seven cents
was the best price that was being of
fered. It Is thus apparent that the
better position of the wool market
of which we have been resdlng for
some time Is beginning to be reflected
In prices of raw wool to the consumer
T'HE offer of ten cents, by The way.
1 was refused. Southern Oregon
men who have been watching condt
tiona carefully, believe the wool msr
4 ket will go to at least Wk cents
within the next few weeks.
Here's hoping, for the wool Industry
Uib indu&tri & Southern Oregon.
CANDIDATE SILENT HOOVER FLAYED "M., PiCCARD ASCENDS iwfatoT WILSONS SUE FOR
ON HOOVER'S PLEA . ... BY DRY LEADER OVER TEN MILES RETURN OF NOTES
m vw i in a induatrlnl alcohol, told the Wo , . , ' .
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Personal Inclination Against
Return of Saloon, !s Word
in Accepting Republican
Vice-President Nomination
TOPEKA, Kans., Aug. 18 (AP)
Voicing his personal opposition to re
peal of the eighteenth amendment
and expressing confidence In eventual
success of administration efforts, to
bring relief from the depression, Vice
President Curtis today accepted nom
ination by the Republicans.
The Kansan, in his formal address
of acceptance, said he felt the people
"should at all times be given full
opportunity to express their opinion
on the constitution or amendments
thereto." but that personally MI am
opposed to the return of the saloon
and I am opposed to the repeal of
the eighteenth amendment."
Silent On Hoover Plea
Mr. Curtis made no mention in
his prepared address of President
Hoover's proposal for a change In pro
hibition under which each state would
be given the right to deal with the
problem as it may determine, sub
ject to federal constitutional guar
antees to protect them against Inter
ference by their neighbors and against
return of the saloon system.
The republican platform, he said,
recognizes that the people should
have full opportunity for expression
or their wm on the question of
amending the constitution "and
makes no distinction as to the re
publicanism of the members of the
party because of their stand on pro
hibition. Take? Up Tariff .
After expressing his appreciation
of the distinction conferred upon
mm in Being the second man to be
renominated by his party for the
vice presidency, Mr. Curtis discussed
one by one the tariff, immigration,
the farm problem, proposals for gov
ernmental economies, women's part
In government, labor and administra
tion efforts to conquer the depres
sion. He said that after comparing ''how
little" was done by the national ad
ministrations in power at the time
to check depressions of the past with
what has been done by the present
administration to bring relief "we
are justly proud of what has been
done and feel sure that In time such
efforts are bound to succeed."
Parties Co-operating.
"I know," he said, "the hearty co
operation of members of both polit
ical parties in the enactment of re
lief measures recommended by the
president is deeply appreciated by
the people. The president has so ful
ly covered the economy and relief
legislation that It la unnecessary for
me to go into those subjects.
"We all know our country has a
bright future: that? when this busi
ness depression Is over we will go
forward as we have after every per
iod of depression."
Discussing agriculture at greater
length than any other single subject,
Mr. Curtis recalled congress In the
past eleven yeara enacted between
25 and SO bills "with the hope and
expectation that they would give ag
riculture the greatly needed and de
served relief."
"But I regret to say," he added,
'that while some of them have
helped to some extent yet most of
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PIEOMlIKfEKIX FHGURES TO NEWS OF PAY
Sets Stratosphere Record Lancaster Held Not Guilty British Flier Tries Atlantic
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IV f h t V ' ' ' '' I faptaln W. N. Umter (right), former Brl.Ch irm. filer, la .hoan -. l.tr. J? i
Pji'. V.!'' tw"' - nlhh one of hi. atlorners as he aent on trial In Miami, ria., rharj.d with ,hon her with the plane In which - - 1 "tr f
Lf ! I . f i the murder nt lladen Clark. Ilanr of Mm. Jmle Kellh-Mlller. Ailtlrallan t A l I a , ;
Batteries: Hoyt. Luque and Hogan;
Kolp, Ogden, Frey, HUcher and Lombard!.
Brooklyn at Pittsburg postponed;
wet grounds.
American.
Cleveland at Philadelphia post
poned; rain. Two gamea tomorrow.
Chicago at Washington postponed;
rain. Double header tomorrow.
Detroit at New York postponed;
rain. Double header tomorrow.
ON SOLO FLIGHT
PORTM ARNOC K, Irish Free Stat.
Aug. 18. AP J. A. Molllson, noted
British distance filer, took off from
here at 11:35 a. m. (2:35 a. m. Pa
cific time) on a trans-Atlantic flight
to the United States.
He planned to make his first stop
at Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, and
after refueling to fly immediately to
Roosevelt Field, Long Island. Then
his schedule called for a quick turn
around and a dash back again, this
time without a stop, to Croydon, Eng
land. If Molllson succeeds It will be the
first trans-Atlantic solo flight from
east to west and the first North At
lantic flight In a light airplane.
A big crowd assembled on Port
marnock strand to witness the take
off. It cheered Molllson when he
arrived by plane from Baldonnel air
drome, Dublin, a short time before.
Amy Johnson, noted British wom
an flier, who was married to Molll
son a short time ago, rdotored here.
Molllson said weather conditions
were better than he had ever expect
ed, with light westerly winds prevail
ing to the middle of the Atlantic and
from there on a tendency to easterly
winds which would be In his favor.
Very little fog was reported.
FIRST PEAR BOAT
LEAVES PORTLAND
FOR BRITISH ISLE
PORTLAND, Aug. 18. (JP) The
first shipment of fresh pears 'to be
dispatched by boat from Portland
this season left here Wednesday on
the British motorshlp Pacific Ranger,
destined lor London and Liverpool.
The pears originated In Medford,
Hood River and Yakima. A second
shipment was being loaded today on
the Norwegian motorshlp Herange
which sails for Havre. Antwerp and
Rotterdam. The Loch Katrine of the
North Pacific Coast line will load
pears Jn Portland next week.
. The greatest precaution against ex
posing the pre -coo led pears to warm
er temperatures Is taken In loading
them Into the refrigerator compart
ments of the big ships. The pears
are chilled before loading, and as the
boxes are moved to the side of the
boats by a speedy lift truck they are
protected by lead covers. A hatch
i tent Is spread aboard so the loads
are shaded from the sun.
I J ' o, 4 t ' i m ailatrli. He na acquitted by Jury Wedneiilar. he hopped off today from Ireland on I tf ffY' " ' 4 I
I t " , " , . i Profrunr Aiirn.te Plcrard. aha lut tear row nearlr ten mllri Into the I t ' -Ll I til
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Bishop Cannon Says Accept
ance Speech Indicates
Helplessness in Coping
With Liquor Situation
GENEVA, Aug. 18 (AP) President
Hoover was charged today by Bishop
James Cannon Jr., of the Methodist
Episcopal church South, with having
surrendered "to the speakeasies, boot
leggers and nullifiers of the constitu
tion" In his speech of acceptance.
"The outstanding, indeed the over
shadowing, part of Hoover's prohibi
tion statement," ho said in his criti
cism, a statement which ran to con
siderable length, "is the startling dec
laration by a president of the United
States of th helplessness of his ad
ministration In Its warfare against
lawlessness.' in Its efforts to control
what Hoover denominates the 'intol
erable speakeasies and bootlegging'
and to prevent 'practical nullification
of the constitution'."
Is He Not Responsible
But Is not the president himself
responsible if his administration is
as helpless as he now so suddenly de
clares In the very face of that most
significant and encouraging official
statement recently submitted to con
gress that consumption of Intoxicants
had diminished over 60 per cent since
1914?" - ,
Had President Hoover In March.
1929, declared his purpose to enforce
vigorously and efficiently the Vol-
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OF
OF
Robert Rose, a widely known moun
taineer of the Long Mountain district,
Land Jack Rice, who claims to have an
interest in cattle in the same dis
trict, were arrested today for al
leged setting of forest fires In the
Butte Falls district early this month.
The complaint was sworn to by
Dwlght Phlpps, chief of the state
fire patrol for this section.
According to the district attorney's
office, Rice and Rose are alleged to
have set fire on both sides of the
trail on whjch they were traveling.
They will be arraigned and given a
preliminary hearing before Justice of
the Peace Glenn O. Taylor.
Rose and Rice were closeted all
morning with the district attorney
and state forester relative tc their
asserted firebug activities.
The arrests are said to be part of
a determined campaign on the part
of state authorities to stamp out
timber Incendiarism. In Josephine
county recently, two youths were
sentenced to state prison terms for
forest arson, and other cases of a
similar nature are pending in that
county.
A number of mysterious fire set
tings in the timbered areas are under
Investigation.
Rose Is a well-known hill charac
tei of the county and has acted as a
deer hunt gtilde for many local hunt
ers In the past. He has a large
number of hound dogs he uses chas
ing cougars and other creatures of
the hills. Two years ago he engaged
In a lively controversy with the coun
ty court over a road through his
mountain ranch.
tralophere In a halloon, todor etreed.d hl former record by a.cendlnc trana-Atlantlc fllfht to the imieo I v ( f , I
ot.r ten mile.. He I. hon h'r fat rl5hl In Blilnm a. he toted a new ... ... . .. 0hii W ' J ' ' 1 I
(lobular londola, whlcft aa built Ir the U lent flliht. . u ' " j I
-Aaocltd Preea Pbgt I naf f, S fy 1 .
SEATTLE. Aug. 18. (AP) Dr.
James M. Doran, commissioner of
industrial alcohol, told the Wo
man's Christian Temperance union
convention here today natural lawa
relating to the physiological action
of alcohol on the system and its
effect on our high speed age can
not be amended or repealed and
that fact should be kept upper
most in our minds."
"The duty of federal officials Is
plain and simple." he said. "The
most effective enforcement of the
laws entrusted to our care is our
prime duty and there will be no
deviation from that course."
GREY CANDIDATE
FOR OFFICE OF
Joseph O. Grey, well known bus!-1
ness man of this city and a member
of the city council, will be a candidate
for the office of city treasurer in the
November elections. Mr. Grey's peti
tion was filed with the city recorder
Joseph O. (irry.
today and bears the names of many
prominent business and professional
men. He is Just completing his term
on the Medford city .council, having
served that body for the paat five and
a half years.
Mr. Grey'a record on the council
has been an enviable one and has
won many friends and admirers for
his energy in public office and intern.
gent representation of the interests
of Medford cltlrns. Previous to serv
Ing on the council, Grey was a mem
ber of the Medford school board.
Many years of experience in bust
ness and a thorough knowledge of, ac
countancy are listed by friends of Mr,
Grey among his qualifications for the
office of city treasurer. In addition
to being an experienced accountant,
he has a comprehensive knowledge of
city affairs, gained through yerrs of
service on the council.
Before coming to this city in 1912,
Mr. Grey was proprietor of a printing
establishment in Chicago. Upon com
lng to southern Oregon he was an
orchard 1st before associating himself
with Gaddls & Dixon, northwest dis
trlbutors for Page fence. He left this
concern to enter the automobile bus!
new, and is now a partner of his
son, Harold D. Orey In the Crater
Lake Automotive company.
One of the outstanding achieve
ments of Mr. Grey while In city ac
tivities was his able supervision of
the construction of Medford's airport,
as chairman of the council's airport
committee at that time.
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New World's Altitude Record
Set by Scientist Safe
Landing Is Reported Late
in Day Near Brescia
By Melvln K. Whltelenther,
(Associated Press Staff Writer.)
DUBENDORF, Switzerland. Aug. 18.
(JP) Prof. Augusts Plocard, conqueror
of the stratosphere, established a new
world's altitude record today by ris
ing 16,5000 meters (mot than 10
miles) above the earth In the alu
minum air-tight ball attached to his
stratosphere balloon.
He took off from the airdrome here
at 5:06 o'clock this morning (8:06
p. m., Wednesday. P. S. T.), after
weeks of waiting for suitable weather
conditions, and at noon today his
headquarters In Zurich received a
radio message saying he had smashed
his previous altitude mark.
First Stratosphere Radio.
The radio messages sent by Dr.
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IS RECOMMENDED
SALEM. Aug. 18 ( AP) Recom
mendations of R. H. Baldock, state
highway engineer, designating the
Wolf Creek route as the location of
the "short road to the sea" vom
Portland, wlll.be considered at a
special meeting of the State Highway
Commission to be held in Portland
Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 23, It was
announced here last night. All parties
Interested in this matter affecting
all of northwestern Oregon will be
heard at the session.
The recommendation that the Wolf
Creek route be selected as the loca
tion, although cost of construction
would be 500.000 more than the
Scappoose- Vernonla route, the only
other one considered In the final sur
vey, was made In a detailed report
to the commission by Baldock late
yesterday. It was not known when
the commission would take definite
action on the recommendation.
The recommended route, Baldock's
report states, could be constructed
in about three years at an estimated
cost of $4,669,792. The Scappoose
Vernonla route would require two
years 'longer to build but the esti
mated cost would be less, or 14,
064,369. The distance over the Wolf
Creek route from Portland to Sea-
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Bad Man Killed
By Cop In Texas
FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 18.
(AP) A street car robber, shot to
death early Thursday morning by Pa
trolman Charles Carmlchael, was
Identified as a four-time convict with
a reward hanging over his head.
Finger prints and photographs In
the police department's Bertlllon bu-
resu. Identified the robber as Alfred
Howe, 48, alias Alfred Howell, alias
Alfred Young, alias Alfred Benson,
alias James V, Reed.
NEW YORK. Aug. 18. ( AP) Nine
teen can arrived. 31 California un
loaded, 1ft on track; by boat 1 car
New York arrived; market slightly
weaker on large stocks; about steady
on other stock. California Bartletts,
19,996 boxes, il.15tf2.25, average
1.66.
ROOSEVELT TO
VISIT WEST ON
SPEAKING TRIP
ALBANY, N. Y.. Aug. 18. (AP) An
8000-mile campaign tour through 21
states to the Pacific coast will be
undertaken by Governor Franklin D.
Roosevelt, Democratic presidential
candidate, beginning September 12. I
The middle western grain belt, the
Rocky Mountain belt, the Pacific
northwest, California, the southwest;
and the Great Lakes Industrial area!
will be visited by the governor before
returning to hie honrw state, at Buf
falo, October 3.
The Itinerary tentatively calls for
these stops : Tope k a, Kans., Sept.
14: Denver, Sept, 18; Cheyenne, Wyo.,
Sept. 16; Salt Lake City, Sept. 17 and
18; Butte, Mont.. Sept. 19; Seattle,
Sept. 20; Portland, Ore., Sept. 21;
San Francisco, Sept. 33: Los Angeles,
Sept. 34; San Diego, Sept. 25; Wil
liams, Ariz., Sept. 26; Albuquerque,
N. M., Sept. 27; Sioux City, la., Sept.
29; Milwaukee, Sept. 30; Chicago, Oct.
1; Detroit, Oct. 2, and Buffalo, Oct. 3.
States which will be touched on
the trip but In which no stops are
scheduled are Pennsylvania, Ohio, In
diana, Missouri, Texas and Oklahoma,
The governor will speak in some of
them later In the campaign. - '
LOTTERY RACKET
BY FRATERNITIES
ENMESHES SEVEN
NEW YORK, Aug. 18. 4?) Seven
persons, including U. 8. Senator
James J. Davis of Pennsylvania, ware
Indicted today, charged with partici
pation If an alleged lottery and con
spiracy,
The Western Union Telegraph com
pany Is also named as a defendant.
The Indictments grow out of an
Investigation of fraternal organiza
tion activities Involving the Eagles,
the Moose and Mystle Shrlners among
others, concerning the sale of lottery
tickets which drew prises for holders
of lucky numbers.
The alleged lotteries were osten
sibly held for the benefit of unfor
tunate members of the fraternal or
ders and needy dependents of mem
oera. About 60,000,000 tickets are alleged
to have been issued for sale at 60
cents and a dollar apiece In connec
tion with cards of admission to re
ceptions and dances, and distributed
to the needy,
Approximately $500,000 was rumor
ed to be Involved, but United States
Attorney George Z. Medalle refused
to comment on the figures "in ad'
vance of trial,
Keller, Coshow and Other
Holding Company Officials
Are Named in Court Ac
tion by Local Investors
Civil suit was filed In th circuit
court today by E. M, Wilson, mayor
of Medford, and his wife, against the
Empire Holding company, Frank Kel
ler, Jr., lt general atock sales mana
ger; Oliver P. Coshow, former chief
Justice of the Oregon supreme court,
and the concern's president; Wilson
R. Adams, treasurer; Jay H. Stock
man, general counsel, and I. H. Petty,
general manager, for the return of
promissory notea for 82000 and the
cancellation of a mortgage on local
property, as security, proffered lor
stock in the company.
The Wilson's further ask a restrain
ing order prohibiting the Empire
Holding concern from transferring
or disposing of the paper. The de
fendants, it is set forth In the suit,
clatm the right to hold and collect
the same. ,
First of Several.
It Is reported that the civil suit
la the first of several contemplated
by valley Investors in the Empire com-
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CHICAGO. Aug 18. (P) Her n
covery reported an improbability, Mrs,
Edith Rockefeller McCormlck was re
united with her former husband snd
her three children today.
Physicians announced her condi
tion was "very grave."
The arrival of Mrs. Max Oser from
Switzerland completed the family
circle for the first time since Mrs.
McCormlck obtained a divorce from
Harold F. McCormlck, president of th
International Harvester company, In
1921. Her other daughter, Muriel, .
became estranged from her mother
by that decree and went to live with
her father, later leaving him after
his marriage to Mme. Ganna Walska.
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EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, ALBANY.
N. Y., Aug. 18v (AP) The executive
hearing of ouster charges against
Mayor Walker adjourned today In an .
atmosphere of uncertainty as a result
of court procedure Instigated by
Wrlker to test Governor Roosevelt's
right to hear the charges and pass
upon them. John J. Cur tin, counsel
to Walker, arguing for a dismissal of
the 16 charges, completed discussion
of ten today. The hearing adjourned
until 11 a.m. (eastern standard tlms)
tomorrow, two hours after the su
preme court takes up Walker's pies,
for an order restraining the governor
from proceeding.
WILL-
ROGERS
soys:
BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Aug.
18 This Msj-or Walker investi
gation would be a great money
maker if they would just mova
it around and make a one-day
stand in each town. That would
be a touring "Olympics" with
the mayor as "Bnbe" DiJric-k-son.
The farmers are on a strike
in Iowa. Instead of selling their
stuff for nothing, they just eat
it themselves and that saves
'em tho expense of hauling it
to town. Funny they never
thought of that before. I have
Blwnys claimed that if every
farmer cats all that he raised,
that he would not only get fat
himself, but farm product!
miitht "probably" go up.
Course, on account 6f this not
being an economist's idea it
might not work.
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