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Tonight Last Opportunity to Subscribe at Low Bargain Rates Medford Mail Tribune The Weather Forecast: Tonight and Tuesday, fair, with rising temperature, -Temperature: Highest yesterday tattest thin morning 44 MAIL 1HIHLNE A. II. C. An A. B. C. Auditor In auditing circu lations checks news print used, spoil age. cash received and other details, giving credit only for NET FA 11) circulation the best advertising money can huv. Twenty-Seventh Year. MEDFOUD, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1932. No. 147. IT RM Mltf LEI me Elm Comment on the Day 's News By FRANK JENKINS. A READER of this column write: "Why the three stars that you wedge la at certain Intervals? Usually ,uch marks Indicate a chans of sub ject, but not, apparently In your cue. Sometlmea they Indicate a change of subject and sometimes not "This Is misleading, to me, at least, and makes reading more difficult." A FRANK question deserves a frank answer. The stars are put In to make a column LOOK lesa solid and difficult. People don't like to read solid and difficult things, you know, and writing that Is not read Is a waste of time. IT IS this writer's belief that In this busy modern age people do not have time to read long discussions. Hence It Is sought to keep what Is said In this column short and crisp and to the point. It Is sought, also, to cover as wide k, range of subjects aa possible, be cause all people are not Interested In the same things. JUST one other personal word: The opinions that are expressed Jn thla column are this writer's per sonal opinions, and are offered as such for the attention of those who care to read them. There Is no desire whatever to in fluence the thinking of anybody else. So if you read this column at all, please read It with the understand ing that It Is merely the expression of one Individuals views and is not intended In any way to Influence YOUR views. HERE Is an interesting bit of remt nlscence Indulged in the other day by an exceedingly worth-while citizen of thla community, who in all probability would not like to have his name used here in print, because he would fear that he might be ac cused of boasting of his early hard ships: . "We hear a lot in these days to the effect that tlmea are harder- and wagea and prices lower than ever be fore. "That Isn't true. I KNOW It Isn't true, because although I am not an old man' I can remember some of the conditions that existed In the past." ftl DREW up on a farm in Indiana 1 and in those days money wna scarce and hard to get. One way of getting money waa' by cutting and selling eordwood. "I put In what seems to me now a good part of my young life cutting eordwood, which was sold for ONE DOLLAR a cord. And there weren't any gasoline dragsawa In those days, either. We used sn ax, for the most part. "And the trees weren't straight grained pines or" flra, either. They were knotty and gnarly and hard to split. (WN INTERVALS between farm work 1 and wood cutting, I worked for wages In a stone quarry nearby. The standard wage was TEN CENTS sn hour, and the standard working day was ten hours." It wa back In thoae days, you know, when they coined the expres sion: "Another day; another dollar." WORKING In a stone quarry for ten cents an hour la one way to make money and by no mean, an easy way. Here Is another way: ' Back In the gloomy days a few weeks sgo when Southern Pacific stock was going begging on the mar ket at W a share, a msn walked Into his bank here In Southern Oregon and bought sooo worth of It.' He sold the other day for 134 a share, thus running up h!a original Investment of 5000 to the plewant little total of 115,000. HK OUGHT to be happy, you will say. Well, maybe he la and maybe he Isn't. Southern Pacific later went as high as S30. and bis pleasure over his profit la probably marred by the1 knowledge that If he had held on longer he could have MADE MORE. Human nature la that way. you know. (Continued on page Four km PENN RESOLUTION OF CENSURE VOTE INTO SPOTLIGHT Momentous Session Opened at Portland Mid Blare ol Band by Little Boy Plan to Blame Chief for Ouster AUDITORIUM, PORrLAND. Ore., Sept. 12. (AP) Insisting a resolu tion censuring President Hoover's ad ministration over the ousting of the B. E. p. at Washington, D. C, July 28, be brought on to the floor, the Pennsylvania delegation to the Amer ican Legion today girded Itself for & fight to pass the measure. . The resolution presented to the committee Is the same as that passed by the state department at Its Pitts burgh convention. The resolution Is expected to bring opposition, mem bers of the delegation asserted, and 1? the committee by a majority vote re jects It, a minority report will be brought out by Oeorge Brown, Penn sylvania member of the resolutions committee. Brown has been instructed further to ignore any appeal regarding the B. E. F. situation which might be made to the convention by the presi dent. The resolution voiced the at titude of the men who answered, the call of the government In 1917 as contrary to the reclpratory attitude demonstrated In July at the national capital. ' The Pittsburgh resolution holds the administration responsible for the fatalities and injuries of the bonus marchers and the alleged mis treatment accorded them by federal troops. The resolution known as the "An acostla resolution" stated that "the president of the United States being Ciarged with, high duties over and beyond the execution of ; the law, handled the whole situation in a re grettable manner which contributed to this incident." AUUDITORIUM, PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 12. (AP) The American Le gion's fourteenth annual convention was opened amid the blaring of bands here today. Called to order by nine-year-old Henry L. Stevens. Ill, son of the na tional commander, dressed In a di minutive Legionnaire uniform, the world's greatest organization of ex soldlera settled down to what la ex pected to be the momentus annual gathering since the founding of the Legion. With' national attention focused on soldiers affairs by the recent "otx;u patlon" of Washington, D. C. by the "bonus expeditionary forces," the at titude of the Legfbn on the question has been shoved Into the spotlight. The colorful ceremony of the ad vancement, of the flag to the speak ers platform brought the Legion naires to their feet In a salute. Just as fervent if not as snappy, as the salutes of the old army days. Distinguished guests on- the plat form at the opening of the conven tion Included General Wilder S. Met calf of Lawrence, Kan,, and General Prank T. Hines, administrator of vet erans affairs. Patrick J. Hurley, sec retary of war. did not sit upon the platform. The secretary, who arrived by plane last night explained he pre ferred to come and go unnoticed from the convention hall. Governor Julius L. Meier, Mayor George L. Baker and Alex G. Barry, commander of the Oregon department of the Legion, welcomed the dele gates. Reports of the committees on per manent organization, credentials and rules were adopted In short order by acclamation without debate. No Hiding The rules included a provision that the chair is empowered to clear the galleries in the event of a disturbance In a statement to the press Comman der Stevens said: ".There is not golntr. to be any dis turbance In this convention. The flrrt man who hisses or otherwUe heckles any speaker or in any way disturbs the orderly procedure of thij. ccnrtii tion will be ejectd from the audi torium and I will enforce that pol icy." (Continued on Page Pour) $500 LEGION FLAG Vandals have stolen the large highly-valued flag pf the Medford Post of the American Legion, from the Armorv. W. J. Olmscheld, adju tant, reported today. The flag Is worth $.S0O. but because of the traditions centering about It Is beyond money. The Immediate re turn of the colors la requested. The local Legion poet expected to carry the Hag at Portland tbU week. Greenland Waves Hide Fate The flying family, George Hutchinson, his wife and two daughters, Kathryn, 8, (left) and Janet Lee, 6, took off from Floyd Bennett field, N, Y, on flight by easy stages to London, Besides the Hutchinson their amphibian airplane carries a crew of four men. They plan stops at Harbor Grace, N. F., Labrador, Greenland and Iceland. (Associated Press Photo) , . E STUDENTAUTOS Exemptions Few and Rules Strict On University of Oregon Campi Special License Plate to Be Issued SALEM, Sept. 12 (AP) Unneces sary use of automobiles by students at University ol" Oregon, Oregon State College and the three state normal schools will be taboo from the start of school, the board of higher educa tion announced from Its offices today. A motion adopted at a prevlour meeting "that automobiles should be forbidden, effective at the beginning of the fall term this year." was codi fied as follows. First: To prohibit student owned cars. Second: To prohibit student from driving rented cars. Third: To prohibit students who are local residents from driving fam ily cars. Fourth: To require students who come to the institution In their own cars from a distance to place them in dead storage. Exemptions will be granted, after hearing before the faculty committee on enforcement at each campus, to the following classes: Students who sre physically handi capped. Students who earn their living by use of their cars. Students who, In the opinion of the committee, find It necessary to use a car because they live at an ex cessive distance and are not accom modated by any regular means of transportation. Married students who have their families resident In the school or college community. Permits and specially designed li cense plates will be Issued to all stu dents exempted from the regulation. HALIFAX, N. S.. Sept. 12. (AP) The North Atlantic cofjtllne was strewn with wreckage today, after math of a storm howling out of the northeast, while two steamers were wedited on the rocks. One victim of the gale which struck Nova Scotia Saturday, the steamer Watford, rested on Jagged rock off Olace Bay. Two of her crew are dead, but 37 were rescued. Sixty mllea f mm St. John's, the abandoned Swedish stesmer Odens holm was breaking up on shoals of Burnt Point. The crew was safe, ' ? ANSWERS FILED S SUIT T'EI Stockman and Coshow Seek Quashing of Summons and Claim Lack of Juris diction in This County Answer to suit,-brought by E. M. Wilson and wife of this city, was filed today by the Empire Holding Corpor ation through the receiver, Robert G. Dleck, represented by Attorneys Phelps and Burdlck of Portland, denying all alegatlons save that the plaintiffs executed a note in the sum of 92000 and a mortgage securing the same and that Mr. Wilson delivered the corporation his promissory note In the sum of (3000. Motion to quash the summons served upon them was also filed to day by Jay H. Stockman and Oliver P. Coshow. Included as defendants In the suit filed by the Wilsons. The answer of the receiver sets forth that the Empire Holding cor poration originated and existed under and by the virtue of the laws of the state of Oregon." And that the said stock was purchased and duly Issued snd understood and agreed by and between the parties. That no part of said note has been paid." Stockman and Coshow are repre sented by Rice and Orcutt and In their motion ask the court to quash the summons served upon the defen dants in Multnomah county, stating that no members of the group are residents of Jackson county and that the court of the latter has no Juris diction over the defendants or the subject matter of the suit, and sum mons Issued and attempted service thereof is void." The Wilsons In their suit against the Empire Holding Corporation are asking for the return of the mortgage and promissory note given In ex change for stock In the corporation. LEAKY BOILER ON NEW YORK, Sept. 12 (AP Vic tor R. Mlchaelaon, former fireman on the steamboat Observation, which ex ploded In the East river Friday with a loss of 43 lives, testified today at an Inquiry by the federal steamboat Inspection service that the Observa tion's boiler had been leaking for several months, sometimes ro badly that It spilled over the ash pan Into the fire room. The body of the 43rd Tlfttm wa recovered today. Walter J. Mraen. who worked fireman from July 4 to Sept?mber 8, Lcorroborated Mlchaelson't testimony. FLYING FAMILY' AND PLANE LOST NEAR GREENLAND Air and Water Search Re veals No Trace of Hutch lnsons --Distress Signals .Reported by Trawlers COPENHAGEN, Sept. 13. (AP) A motor boat party from the Fan Amer ican East Greenland expedition and a naval plane from & Danish scientific expedition Joined today In the search for the "Flying Hutchlnsons" along the southeast Greenland coast, radio dispatches said.' The British trawler Lord Talbot had failed today to find Any trace of George R. Hutchinson, his wife, two daughters and four other members of hi party when it r,aced to the Point where they flashed distress signals early yesterday. Fred 8. Chapman, one of the lead era of the Pan-American Airways party studying northern air route conditions, and a man named Wyllle, left Angmagsaltk in a motor boat to search for the Hutchlnsons. who re ported their position near there when they were forced down. The naval flying machine No. 84, from the Danish scientific expedition headed by Dr. Knud Rasmuseen, took off from Jultanehaad, near the south ern tip of Oreenland, to follow the route taken by the Hutchlnsons. The Hutchlnsons had left Jullan haad, bound for Angmagaallk, on an other stage of their projected flight from New York to London. It waa not known whether or not Dr. Rasmuasen was aboard the Dan ish naval plan. A total enrollment of 2413 was re ported today for opening of the sec ond week of school In the Medford district. This total la divided as fol lows: Senior high school 634, Junior high school 655, Jackson school 281. Lincoln 258, Roosevelt 322 and Wash ington 385. School opened today in several dis tricts of the county, which failed to Join the majority in convening last week. Among those opening today were Ashland, Ruch, Agate, Talent, Unlontown, and Hatchery. A number of school books have been brought to the county school superintendent's office for exchange, Mrs. Susanne Homes Carter announc ed this afternoon. There will be supply on hand for further exchanges and numerous high school texts are included In the list. Transportation facilities have been arranged for all districts, where high school students are to be transported to another district, with the excep tion of Applegate. A meeting of the Jacksonville school board has been called for the purpose of solving the Applegate situation, Mrs. Carter an nounced. T E PRESIDIO, Texas, Sept. 12. (AP) The International bridge and sever al United States government build ings at Presidio were washed away by the Rio Orande, flooded by a 38-foot riae in the Concho river, which flows into the Rio Orande Just above Pre sidio. The United Sttea customs, lmml gratlon service and public health buildings were swept away by the torrent. The home of the toll bridge owners were wrecked. All residents of the farming area along the river evacuated. It was re ported that crops In the lowlands were mined and 1,500 bales of cot ton were under water. Heavy rains In the watershed if the Concho river caused the destruc tive rise. A detachment of soldiers from Fort T. A. Russell at Marfe arrived ftt Presidio 'ast night and was stand ing by to aid In any emergency which might arise. No deaths had been re ported. WASHINOTON. Sept. 12. (AP) Republican campaign leaders today had tentatively selected three cities In which President Hoover probably will deliver addresses before the No vember lection. EGAN SHOWS OLDT AT 'FIVE FARMS' Local Golfer Scores 36, One Over Par, in Qualifying Rounds for Amateur Title Ore, Golfers Show Class FIVE FARMS COURSE, Baltimore Country Club, Sept. 12. (AP) A par-breaking 69 by Johnny Fischer of Fort Thomas, Ky., holder of the national Intercollegiate-championship gave this University of Mlohlgan star a two-stroke lead over the field to day, with only a few remaining threats in the last quarter of the golfing brigade battling for qualify ing places in the United States ama teur championship. Jack West land of Chicago, the 1031 runner-up, shot par golf over the last nine to poet a 71 and moved Into second place. H. Chandler Egan, national cham pion In 1904-O5, of Medford, Ore., playing from Del Monte, Calif., dis played his old mastery of shots In going out In 38, only one over par. Two of the strong Oregon contin gent, Johnny Robblns and 'Frank Dolp, former western tltleholder, posted 74 and 76, respectively, to fortify themselves for the second half of the qualifying struggle tomorrow. Eddie Hogan, Portland, finished with 77, while Don Moe took BO. PALO ALTO CLERIC DIES ON LAKE TRIP Rev, David John Evans, retired Episcopal minister of Palo Alto, Calif. died early yesterday morning at Crater Lake, following an attack of apoplexy. He was nearly 74 years of age. He had only been 111 during the night. With Mrs. Evens, the Rev. Evans was at the west entrance of the lake, where they were visiting their son Ranger John Evans, Jr. Rev. and Mrs. Evans had been at the lake only one day. The body was brought to Medford by the Perl Fun eral home, and will be forwarded this evening to Palo Alto for burial. Mrs. Evans and son David, left yes terday by motor for the southern city. He was born September 16, 1858. Surviving him are his widow, Mrs. Susan LeCount Evans, and hist son David. To Happy Hunting Grounds PENDLETON, Ore., Sept. 12. (AP) Rogers Alexander, 27, Cay use In dian from the Umatilla reservation, died Sunday from Injuries received when he was run over by a train backing in on the round-up "Y" Just west or the "arena. Idaho Bank Closes BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 13. (AP) The Cottonwood. State bank of Cotton wood, Idaho closed 1U doors today, the state department of finance was advised. An examiner was sent to take over Its affairs. The bsnk had deposits of 8113,386. capital of 826,000, surplus of 810.000 and resources of 15,565 at the last bank call June 30. M. M. Belknap was president. Love Notes Link Bern To Missing 'Shadow Mate ' SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 13. (AP) The mystery suicide of Paul Bern promised to become California's "tale of three cities' today as authorities strove to fill tn missing chapters leading up to the motion picture pro ducer's seif-lnPtcted death. In Los Angelas, where Bern's nude body was found ft week ago today In the gift-home to his bride of two months, Jean Harlow, platinum blonde actress. It was hoped the producer's presumed will might clear away some of the mystery. A statement was also promised by his widow's attorney, Mendel Bllberberg. In San Francisco and Sacramento, authorities bent every effort to lo cate Dorothy Mlllette, flitting womsn-of-the -past tn Bern's life. She Is be lleved either drowned In the muddy waters of the Sacramento river be tween the two cities, herself a sui cide, or fleeing from possible recog nition. Bern snd Miss Mlllette were defi nitely linked here yesterday as po lice opened baggage the woman left at a hotel as she checked out the day after the producer's death. She van ished the following day from the river steamer Delta King, en route to Sscrsmento. Four letters found ax her baggat formed the link. Three JBHrsMTMKJI PATRICK J. HURLEY AUDITORIUM, PORTLAND, Sept. 12. (AP) Booes mingled with sp- pi aviso greeted Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley as he Was invited to address the American Legion con vention by National Commander Hen ry L. Stevens, Jr. Stevens quickly qui ted the tumult and Hurley prefaced his address with a greeting to his "comrades." The war secretary had been seated in the wings back of the speakers' stand. He said his Invitation to apeak was a "pleasant surprise." He disregarded shouts of "how about the bonus'; as he launched into praise f the Legion s support of a policy of adequate national defense. Hurley pleaded for non-partisan- ship in the political field by the Le gion, pointing out both republicans and democrats fought side by side in France. "Put patriotism above politics," he said. come before you as a com rade, not as an official of a political party." He received an ovation aa he left the platform, DR. POLING SPEECH DELAYED BY HUNT Dr. Daniel A. Poling, who was scheduled to address the Medford public Thursday night In opposition to the repeal of the Eighteenth amendment, will be unable to appear here this week, according to a tele gram received by Mayor E. M. Wil son. Dr. Poling has been .called east In connection with the Raymond Rob ins case an das a result was com pelled to cancel his western engage ments, Tourist Found Dead WALLA WALLA, Wash., Sept. 13. (AP) The body of a woman, believed to be Mrs. Lillian Bough, about 48, address unknown, was discovered in an automobile camp cabin this after noon. She was last seen alive Satur day and police said she had died by suffocation. Notes left by her asked that Charles Stltt, La Grande, and Arthur Bough, Marsh field. Ore., be not fled. Farm War Continues. 8IOUX CITY, la., Sept. 12 (AP) Picket In the farm "war" for higher prlcea resumed their attempts to blockade the highways In this section today while their leaders discussed plans to extend the movement. were from Bern and the other from his secretary, Irene Harrison, at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios In Cul ver City. The letters revested Bern had been sotltUlous of Mis Mlllette'a welfare and was Interested In supplying her with funds. "Love and best wishes' was the way he signed himself In one letter, written to "MIas Dorothy Mlllette" In New York city Just six months before he shot himself to death and four months before he married Miss Harlow. In ft wardrobe trunk left behind by Miss Mlllette. police found Im ported shoes, frocks and fine Parisian perfumes and toilet articles. On ft blotter of her writing pad, stamped In reverse, was the one, enig matic word "Justification." There was no Indication of what the word referred to, but police expressed the opinion It was blotted from a note or letter written shortly before the woman left the hotel. The promise of a statement made by MTkft Harlow's attorney In Los An geles followed a conference between htm, Bern's brother, Henry Bern, the widow and her stepfather, Mario Bello. The attorney also said Bern's will is believed to be in a bsnk deposit box ftod tiw 1) maf be opened todaj. B. E. F. LURE Communists Fathered March Atty. Genl. Holds Use of Troops Upheld Hope Facts Will Refute Rumors WASHINGTON, Sept. 13. (API A report from Attorney Oeneral Mitchell that federal troops summoned during last summer's encampment of the bonus army here were "necessary to, and did prevent, further disorder and bloodshed." today waa before Presi dent Hoover. "In their absence, further rioting would have occurred with further bloodshed among bonus marchers and possibly innocent bystanders," Mitch ell advised the president after an In vestigation of police and other of ficial records. "It Is probable the bonus army brought Into the city of Washington was the largest aggregation of crimi nals ever assembled In the city at any one time," his report said. The 4000-word document covering findings In the lnveatlgatlon ordered by President Hoover was made public by the chief executive with a short statement that it "should correct the many misstatements of fact as to this Incident with which the country has been flooded," Mr. Hoover added: "I wish to state emphatically thai the extraordinary proportion of crim inal, communist and non-veteran ele ments amongst the marchers as shown by this report should not be taken to reflect upon the many thousands of honest law-abiding men who came to Washington with full right of pre sentation of their views to congress." Mitchell reported that 877 of the first 3658 men named on the B. B. F. roster could not be Identified as ex servicemen and that of the 4723 Applying- for transportation home, 1069 had police records and 820 of these had been convicted. Communists, ha said, promoted the march on Wash ington and then sought to Incite the marchers to disorders. He added: "On the other hand, ft very con sldarable number were genuine ex- service men of good Intentions and clean records. This la particularly true of the conditions prior to the adjournment of ccngrcsi. After the adjournment of congress, the quality of men in the bonus army steadily deteriorated." Publication of the Justice depart ment report brought Immediate com ment from bonus army leaders. Jn New York, Walter W. Waters, com mander of the B. E. F., said: - "Mr. Mitchell's charges are abso lutely without foundation In fact. (Confirmed on Page Four) STAND OF CANDIDATES ASKED AUDITORIUM, Portland, Sept. 13. (AP) Francis McDermott, comman der of the Omaha post of the Ameri can Legion, today called upon candi dates for the presidency of the nation to express their views and conclu sions on the matter of Immediate payment of the bonus. The message was not sent to President Hoover, McDermott announcing that the president's views already have been announced. Copies of the telegram were sent to Franklin D. Roosevelt at Albany, N. Y., and to Norman "Thomas, -Verne L. Reynolds and Jacob 8. Coxey all of New York City. McDermott mentioned that Presi dent Hoover and Alfred S. Smith al ready have made pronouncements which "helped materially In clarify ing this situation." - BASEBALL RESULTS Manorial R. H. B. Chicago 9 11 1 Brooklyn 4 11 1 Tlnnlnf, Orlmea and Hartnatt; Clara and tope. R. R. K. PUUrmrirti .... 4 11 a Philadelphia a 10 0 Swift and Paddens Rhem, LlsXa. Elliott and V. Davla. Amfiiran. R. K. I. Washington . 11 Chicago a BatwrtM: ' Crcwdar and Upencsn Cnsmbsrlaln, Oalimn and Berry. r. h. a. Philadelphia T 11 Detroit 1 J Batterlex: drove and Cochrane! SopaJI, (This tuul Heworm.
