Medford Mail Tribune The Weather Forecast: Tonight and Thursday un settled. Cooler Thursday, Temperature. Highest yesterday 81 l owest this morning 81 National Advertisers Many national advertisers are mem ber! of A. B. C. They help make audited circulation! possible by their membership, and profit by wing A. B. O. newspapers. Twenty-Seventh Year MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1932. No. 173. on JVi lEfflf Comment on the Day 9s News By FRANK JENKINS, i 11HEN you go to the polls on the W eighth of next month, It you are a normal person, you will prob ably be more Interested In candidates than In measures. It la human na ture to be more Interested In PEOPLE than In THINGS. But that doesn't alter the fact that oji the ballot In Oregon that will be voted on In November there will be THIRTEEN measures. ' These measures will either become laws, or will fall to become laws, de pending on how people vote on them. IP YOU are a conscfentlous voter, and have plenty of time, you will study these measures before you vote on them, considering carefully the points In their favor and the points against j them." Then you will vote accord ingly. That 1 the way It SHOULD be done. If we are going to have direct legis lation which means law-making by direct vote of the people we ought to have Intelligent voting. If there Is to be Intelligent voting, there must be careful study. BUT if you are tired, or lazy, or short on time if, for any reason, you Just simply WONT give careful study to these measures the best thing for you to do Is to VOTE NO In all cases where you are In doubt. It Is this writer's carefully constd ered Judgment that If ALL the meas ures on the ballot in November were defeated, no lasting harm would be done to Oregon. BUT vote no when in doubt only as a last resort. The thing to do Is to STUDY the mcasurca and vote , your convictions. If people won't do that, direct legis lation Ib a dangerous thing. ' RR. BUTLER, number of congress from the second Oregon district, addressing the Lion's club In Klam ath Falls the other day, made this Interesting statement: "I have In my office a picture 01 Crater Lake. This picture of Crater Lake has done more to advertise Ore gon than any other thing I have in my office. "People never tiro of questioning me about the lake and its wonders." CRATER LAKE 'is an outstanding asset of the state of Oregon. It brings people by tho thousands here to see It, and while they are seeing Crater Lake they see tho rest of this great state. What they see brings many of them back here to live, thus Bddlng new population and new wealth to our v state for the kind of people who come to see Crater Lake, generally speaking, are the kind of people who have money to Invest. Oregon's area Is vast and it popu lation is small. For many, many years to come we shall need new population and new Investment of capital. Whatever brings them to us will . he beneficial. THE PEOPLE who look at the pic ture of Crater Lake in Congress man Butler's office probably ask him this question: "Is It really as blue as the pictures?" That recalls the remark John HU1 .man, the discoverer of Crater Lake. Is reported to have made when he first looked down from it rim upon the azure waters below him: A "Well, I'll be d dl It IS Just a blue as the pictures, isn't It?" You can believe that or not. Just as you choose. (Continued on Page Four) ILLSlIUlEDON BOARD BILL CHARGE B. F. Mills, charged with defraud Ing an lnkeeper, was returned yes terday from Klamath Fslla by state police. Mills is alleged to have de parted from a local hotel without paying his bill. On outboard motor belonging to O. O. Alcnderfer. John R. Tomlin and T. E. Daniels, stolen from a Klamath Lal:e rabtn, was broach t back here by state police and identified by the f three local residents as their prop -tT. Carl E. Bradley and Ira E Morri son. m.udle-agcd men, are, held for questioning by state police. They wrre driving an auto with a Wash ington licence. MRS. HITZLER, 50, FALLS PARALYZED OVER HOT STOVE Plight Discovered Too Late by J. E. Barkdull, Owner of Building When Smoke of Scorched Flesh Attracts Mrs. Blanche Hitzler; about 50 years of age wife of John Hitzler. well' known resident of this city, died this afternoon at the Sacred Heart hospital of severe burn, received when she apparently suffered a stroke of paralysis and fell face downward across an electric heater in her apart ment In the Barkdull building on North Central, some time this morn ing. She was found about 12:30 by J. . Barkdull and died less than an hour later. Mr. Barkdull, walking through the hall of the building, smelled smoke. Following Investigation he forced an entrance into the apart ment and found Mrs. Hitzler, a little woman, lying across the redhot heat er, her robe In flames and her body horribly charred by the Intense heat. I nable to Rl.se. She was still alive but unconscious, and la believed to have lost con sciousness before Bhe struck the heater. Her arms and abdomen were the most severely burned. Indicating that she had struck on her aide and been physically unable to move, her body rolling on over the heater, where she remained until found by Mr. Barkdull. Only a batbrobe, which was badly burned, had protected her body from the intense heat. It Is be- lieved she had taken a bath and paused before the heater to warm, when the stroke came on. Her body showed no signs of elec trical shock, Dr. L. D. Inskeep, at tending physician, stated this after noon. He could not definitely as certain whether or not Mrs. Hltrier had. fain ted or suffered a stroke, but felt sure-it hatrbcpn'thelatter which caused the tragedy, he stated. Her Inability to move from the heater, he said. Indicated that she had had a stroke, and failed to sense the in-: tense heat. I Bushed (o Hospital. i Mr. Barkdull .after removing the woman to her bed, immediately sum moned the ambulance and physician and Mrs. Hitzler was rushed to the j Sacred Heart hospital, where she died i about 1:10 o'clock this afternoon. The apartment occupied by the : Httzlers Is across the hall from the law offices of Kelly and Kelly and Prank DeSouza. Mr. Hitzler, who has been a resi dent of this city for many years, operates a radiator repair shop in Ven Der Mark's garage. He was mar ried to Mrs. Hitzler about eight or nine years ago, according to the re port, and they had since made their home In this city. No children sur vive and names of other relatives had not been learned this afternoon. E BANDI SLAY BRITISHER 'HARBIN, Manchurlt, Oct. 13. (AP) Mrs. C. T. Woodruff, an Eng lish woman whose husband Is chief accountant for the British American Tobacco company, was killed by ban dith today as she struggled to pre vent the kidnaping or her three chil dren. The bandits shot her dead, seized the children and fled. Two Russians pursued them but the kidnapers opened fire, wounding both serious ly. Then the Chinese police took up the chase, killed two of the ban dits and rescued the children. The other two kidnapers escaped. . Pythians Gather For State Meet PORTLAND, Oct. 12. (AP) Seve ral hundred members of the order of the Knights of Pythias and of the Pythian Sisters were guests of Port land today as the state conventions of the two organizations went Into their second day. Warren S. Barnes of Portland was elected grand chancellor of the grand lodge of Oregon, and Carl A. Broder sen of Forest Orova was elected grand vice-chancellor. ROSEBURG CHILDREN DIE FROM DEPRESSION DIET ROSEBURG. Ore.. Oct. 12 (AP) , Jullanne Phillips, 3, died this morn ing from an Intestinal disorder which also caused the death of her 2-year-old brother. Harry. last Saturday and may also bring death to the other four children of Mr. and Mrs. Julian Phillips of this city. The entire family, including the parents, la in a local hospital. The oldest child, Frrd, aged 9, has a change far re covery, physicians report, but Thclma W11K ins Coolidge Lauds Hoover As Man Who Saved U.S. From Economic Disaster r ountry Knows Worst Troubles Over; Roosevelt Flayed on Failure to Take Stand on Vets' Bonus By Raymond Crowley. NEW YORK, Oct. 12. p) Calvin ronlldge, coming from his New Eng land retrent to praise president Herbert Hoover as a man who saved the country from disaster, has slgnnled the start of the final phase or his parly's campaign. A drive which Inter would rciu-1, a climax In the ap pearance of the President here later was started by eastern leaders to day nfter Mr. Coolidge told a throng in Madison Square Garden last night thnt the public welfare requires the re-election of Mr. Hoover. "If saving the country from one . 1 1 'j Impending disaster after another pro- vides any basis for gratitude, Pcesl-, dent Hoover Is entitled to gratitude," I he said. Attacked on Bonus, He stated that the country "knows that Its worst troubles are probably past and economic recovery Is begin ning." Then he attacked Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt on the bonus question with these words: "An early and timely word from the Democratic candidate for President that he would reject the proposal to increase the national debt by $2. 300,000.000 to pay the bonus would have been a great encouragement to business, reduced unemployment and guaranteed the integrity of the na tional credit. While he remained (Continued on Page Eight) BUSINESS NEEDS SAYS TIRE CHIEF WASHINGTON, Oct. 12. (AP) A prediction that business will improve steadily If President Hoover Is re-j elected In November was made to newspapermen today by Harvey Fire stone, automobile tire magnate, fol lowing a talk with the president. "Business will go a long way for ward if President Hoover is re elected." Firestone said. "If he isn't I don't know what will happen." Firestone said his concern expected to Increase Its business by 50 per cent during October, as compared with last month. He Invited the president to make a rear platform appearance at Akron, Ohio, while en route to Cleveland, where he will speak Saturday night. Mr. Hoover promised to consider doing this. Firestone added he had also talked over business conditions with Mr. Hoover. He reported the employment of more men in order to meet an in creasing demand for rubber products. UNEMPLOYED MEET A meeting of the Medford Asso ciation of the Unemployed will be held Thursday night at the court house at 7:30 o'clock, Harry Moore, manager of the association, announc ed today. A large attendance is urged to enable the members to complete ar rangements for obalnlng foodstuffs for the winter commissary. Marshfield Hotel Destroyed by Fire MARSHFIELD, Ore, Oct. 12. (AP) The Blanco hotel, Cooa Bay water front landmark for the past half century, was destroyed by fire today. Loss was estimated at S4000. The blaze', which started In a res taurant, threatened stveral other frame buildings on Front street but was kept under control by the com bined efforts of the Marshfield and I North Bend fire departments. and Gerald, aged 8 and 6, respect ively, are In a critical condition. No hope la held for the recovery of a 9-months-old baby. The parent col lapsed last night as a result of the strain. The Phillips family, physicians an nounce, nad been subsisting for week. on a diet composed exclu sively of corn meal and condensed milk, resulting in the intestinal disorder. Demands Pithy Paragraphs NEW YORK. Oct. 11 (AP) Cal vin Coolldge's pithy paragraphs: No government has ever yet been devised that could make the peo ple prosperous all the time. But a bad government will constantly keep the people In distress. The assurance that the pending Democratic raids on the treasury will be defeated by a Republican victory in November would no doubt have the same effect on re viving all kinds of business as the defeat of the Democratic greenback craze and the free stiver Issue. An early and timely word from the Democratic candidate for fresu dent that he would reject the pro posal to increase the national debt by $2,300,000,000 to pay a bonus would have been a great encour agement to business. iWhlla-.-he remained silent, economic recovery was measureably impeded. The more this campaign has pro gressed, the more I am convinced that the public welfare requires that he (Hoover) should be re elected. I ret iterate my support of the president and reassert my faith in the Republican party, the most ef ficient instrument for sound, popular government ever entrusted with the guidance of a great na tion. Pear Markets CHICAGO. Oct. 13. (USDAt (ZD Pear market: 4 Oregon cars, 3 Colo rado. 1 Washington arrived; 11 cars on track: 5 cars sold. Oregon Bartletts. 802 boxes extra fancy t.60-2.25, average 1 80: 1.850 boxes fancy $1.45-1.05, average sl.66. Oregon Boscs, 272 boxes fancy 2.25-2.75, average S3.53; 228 boxes fancy 2.25-2.35, average 2 28. 4 W.C.T.U. T T LIE' SALEM. Oct. 12. (AP) The W. C. T. U. opened Its state convention here last night with Levi T. Pennington, president of Pacific college. In a sharp but good-humored address urging members to "swat that lie" concern ing prohibition. There were 400 at the opening banquet. Answering Harry B. Critchtow, who seeks repeal, of the Anderson law, Pennington cited United States gov ernment figures which, he ssid. show liquor consumption in the United States for the year IS28-30 to be only 35 per cent of the 1014 mark. Pennington stated that on the day Crltchlow declared 267 liquor law vio lators were In the state penitentiary, his own check revealed that only 34 were there. McNary Called To Aid Campaign SALEM, Oct. 12. (AP) United States Senator Charles L. McNary an nounced here he will leave Salem In about 10 days for Chicago where he has been called by the national com mittee to assist In the Republican presidential campaign. He will de liver his first address of the radio series there October 24. Eldridge Farm Buildings Burn NEWBERO, Ore., Oct. 12 fAP) A barn, several tons of hay, two tons of hops and an automobile belonging to Dr. C. A. Eldridge, Salem dentist, were destroyed by fire at the Eld ridge farm near Champoeg early to day. In the automobile wna about 1000 worth of dental equipment. Daily SENATE TO PROBE CRASH OF INSULL Senior's Passport Ordered Taken Up in Athens May Be Deported Rapid Developments in Debacle WASHINGTON, Oct. 12. (AP) The sta; department has instructed the American legation In Athens to take up 'he passport of Samuel In sull, Sr. Without a passport, Insull would be Jn Greece without proper papers and it would be possible for Greek officials to deport him on that ground if they saw fit. In case Insull were deported by Greece, he would probnbly be sent back to Italy, which la the country from which he arrived. Once inauu arrived In Italy It would be a simple matter for the United Stntes to ef fect his extradition. CHICAGO. Oct. 13. (AP) Ma chinery of the United States senate was set in motion today to Investi gate the Insull debacle. James E. Stewart, federal operative for the senatorial committee on bank ing and currency, was due to take charge of an Investigation Into all phases of the Insull utilities crasn. Senator Peter Norbeck. chairman of the committee, confirmed the in vestigation and said Stewart, who had charge of the committee's interim investigation of the stock market, (Continued on Page Five) - AGAINST OLEO TAX K. C. Eldridge of Portland, repre senting the oleomargarine industry, spoke before the Lions club here to day in opposition to the bill to tan the oleomargarine product. He pointed out that passage of the bill will leglslatie an industry out of ex istence, putting many people out of work, aiid would be a plain cas of class legislation, since the oleomar garine Industry is a legitimate one. Considering these Issues so closely allied with the measure, Mr. Eldridge further stated that he did not be lieve the intelligent voters of Oregon would pass the bill. A. Conway of the Oregon Motor association also addressed the Lions club at the Hotel Holland today noon, citing the yearly Increase In auto ac cidents and praising the state police for the part they have played during the past nine months In breaking down the auto accident death to'.l. A decrease of 75 deaths less than he total for the preceding year was re ported for the past nine months, he stated. This condition, he described as due to safety consciousness to gether with unlfrom traffic laws, op erators' licenses and the work of the state police. The speaker was introduced by C. E. Gates, independent candidate for county Judge, and former member of the state highway commission. Joe Shelton of the Oregon Motor asso ciation was also a visitor at the club meeting today, as were Lee Oarlock, W. E. Berry and Paul O. Landry of Klamath Palls and Wm. Morris. T BURLEY. Idaho. Oct. 12. (AP) Senator William E. Borah, chairman of the senate committee on foreign relations, addressing a meeting ar ranged by a service club here last nitrht, advocated expansion of the national currency, elimination of ex travagance fn government and ad justment of private debts to conform to the change In money values. Pointing to the necessity of settle ment of the great post-war prob lems of the world. Senator Borah re ferred to the "at most Insane eco nomic policies" In the years since the war as constantly Increasing ar mament, attempt to collect "impos sible reparations" and erection of tariff walls which broke down world trade, Sunday's Maiijrtiter Die, BTURGIS. Mich., Oct. 12. (fit Mrs. Mark P. Haines, 42, daughter f W. A. (Bill) Sunday, the evangelist, died here today. She Is survived by her husband. puvi!iser of the Stur Sia (Mich.) Journal, and a son, Paul. News Publish Retraction I IETJNCAPITAL Leader Pleads tor Love of Constitution and Abhor rence of Paternalism, So cialism and Communism ny tech, n. nirKsoN. WASHINGTON. Oct. 12 ( AP) The American Bnr association heard a plea today from Guy A. Thompson of St. Louis, its president, for leadership "that loves our constitution" and 'abhors paternalism, socialism nnd communism." With nearly all the 17.700 delegates present at the opening session of the fiflth annual meeting, the retiring president said the republic was still on trial; and "the only safe course for us to steer Is the one charted by the constitution." President Hoover addresses the con vention tonight. The association approved Its execu tive committee's action directing the criminal law section to continue Its study on mercenary crime. At the afternoon session, Klmbrough Stone of Kansas City, senior United States circuit Judge of the eighth circuit, told the delegates that Ameri can Institutions were being threat ened and called upon the bar to re sist any attacks upon the supreme court. A report before the association to day said organized crime by gangsters la based largely on supply and de mand and that prohibition "brought about a demand for the services of. outlaws such as we never had In this or any other country prior to probU bltion." TO BATTLE REPEAL OF LAWS Organization has been completed this week by the Jackson County Civic league, purposes of which are "to defend the Eighteenth amend ment and national and' Oregon ittate laws against Its annulment or muti lation at elections or in any other way. To do all In Its power to ad vance the benefits of national and Oregon state prohibition enactments and to advance In every way the moral prosperity of Jackson county." Walter Leverette presided at the meeting, which was attended by 30 interested persona. Prayer was led by the secretary. Rev. Oldenburg. The audience Included representatives of churches of Medford and Ashland, the latter group Including P. L. Nut ter, president; Homer El hart, vice president; Mrs. Grace Andrews, secre tary; Mrs. Walter Herndon, treasurer of the Ashland unit; also Mrs. Au gusta McCormlck, president of Ash land W. C. T. U. Mrs. Qlffen of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, addressed the meeting and described government control of (Continued on Page Eight) PORTIjAKD Teller Construction Co.. warded contract for constructing market building for E. A. Rankin at 1166 East Broadway. RURAL RESIDENTS SHOW INTEREST IN BALLOTING A surprising angle In the Mall Tribune's straw ballot on president, county Judge, district attorney and sheriff, Is the number of votes flood ing In from the smaller towns of the county. It had been predicted that the ballot would largely reflect sen timent In Medford, but Judging from the number of envelopes postmarked from neighboring towns, an equal In terest Is being shown by voters out side Md ford's boundaries. Mail Tribune I Intend to vote for , Intend to vote for , I Intend to vote for , I Intend to rote for , Pleae fill out, with or wlthont Contest Kuitnr. Mall Tribune, Film Actress 111 (iff h I Lllyan Taihmin, motion picture actress. Is recovering from a re cent emergency appendicitis opera tion performed In New 'York. (As. soclated Press Photo) SERIES OF' TALKS AT O. E. (Pop) Gates, candidate for county Judge, will open his county- wide speaking campaign Friday night when he will address the voters at Phoenix on the Issues of the cam- P&lfin. . ' . . The following Tuesday, October 18. the will have a meeting in Rogue River, Friday, the 21st, and at Eagle Point, and Tuesday, the 25th, at Bell view. The demand for Gates meetings throughout the county is reported aa strong and as universal as were the demands for his entering the race when In a few days over 1000 signa tures to his petition were secured. The Gates meetings are generally welcomed for he dos not Indulge In mudsllnglng or In personalities, and the people as a whole are tired of this muck-raking typo of campaign. It has been going on so many months, there have been so many wild charges and so little evidence, that the people now regard It as old stuffJust a lot of .hooey to catch the votes of tho unwary. Meanwhile evidence keeps pouring In, according to the Gates commit tee, that sentiment In favor of Pop Is literally sweeping the county. M'ADOO PLEADS FOR JOBLESS AID STOCKTON. Cal., Oct. 12. (yp) Im mediate adoption of emergency re lief measures to put 11.000.000 un employed men. to work, "no matter wath t)he cost," was urged by Wil liam O. McAdoo, Democratic sena torial nominee, In a campaign ad dress here last nUfht, Criticizing theories that the de presnion started in Europe and Eu rope must experience a recovery be fore the United State, can, the for mer secretary of the treasury said he believed the depression started. America and America can end it. Of course there Is no means of tell Ing whether the straw votes are be Ing cast by farmers whose mall is handled through outlying poatoiiicea, or by citizen who dwell within such smaller towns, as the ballot are un signed. However, the fact remain that rural residents are taking, a marked Interest In the Mail Tribune') ballot, and if the ratio Is continued up to the last the totals will show a true cross-section of sentiment in the entire county. Straw Ballot , for President, , for County Judge. , for District Attorney. . for Wherlff. ilttiatnre, and malt to Straw Ballot WILL BARE FACTS PLOT.JSJHREAT Independent Candidate for District Attorney Gives Former Supporter Until Friday to Eat Words In a telephone message to the Mall Tribune from M. O, W ilk ins. Inde pendent candidate for district at' torney, this noon, Mr. Wllkins stated thnt he had not retired from the race and did not Intend to do so. He said he. had no objection to this announcement being made. He also stated that ihe had writ ten the editor of the Datly News ask ing a retraction from that paper regarding certain statements made concerning his attitude toward the attempted recall of Judge H, D. Nor ton. "Those statements," said Mr. Wll kins, "are Incorrect and do me " great Injustice. I have given the News until Friday of this week to make a retraction. If that Is not done, then In my speech at Gold Hill that night I shall explain to the people of Jackson county Just what Is behind tVila recall, and cer tain facts concerning It, which I be lieve Interest them. "I have Just gotten out of the hos pital and reel far from strong, but the hall at Gold Hill has been en gaged and, physical condition per mitting, I will be there." After supporting Mr. Wllkins for district attorney for several weeks, the News recently withdrew that support and "repudiated Wllkins? In it Tuesday Issue. , . ON RADIO TODAY Republicans of Jackson count? open their campaign this evening; from 0:15 to 6:46 over KMGD, with . George Ncuner delivering the talk. Mr. Neuner Is one of the forceful spenkers of the state end will tell In a plsln, practical way why President Hoover should he ro-elected and wny he should have a Republican congress to support him, and why Republicans should stand by their ticket. Radio parties aro being arranged all over the ccuniy. those who have radio asking neighbor!, who do not, to their home to hear the speech. Fruit Harvest 1 Hearing Finish Picking and packing of the fruit crop of the Rogue River valley will be completed within the next ten days, and the end of the week will m tho bulk of the harvesting com pleted. The Winter Nells crop Is now being hsrvested. It Is estimated at between 178 and 200 cars. Harvest Ing of the Newtown apple crop Is also under way. ROGER? SAN SALVADOR, Oct. 11. I urn leaving for everything south of the equator. Revolu tions aro thicker down there than Kooscvelt ' Republicans. Am flying down the west const by Chili, then to Argentina for a week and up the east coast by Brazil. I will see more in a week than a New York gossip artist enn see in five years of keyholes. South America is our coming country, so it's good to know where it's nt. I want to get back just before the election, not to voto but just to see the show. I think people would like to rend something in the papers besides "Hoover said this" and "Roosevelt says that." I think it's a good time to go, in fact I am gone. Yours, . O Mil. HiNmsII SVMIMIS, iMj?'