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' v" ;'orn!a .r.'... nigan 32; Illinois . .rvard 10; Dartmouth . 7 Oregon: rairri imwiltli O fc j . HTroj&ns wtf !: w 13 Stanford 0 Indiana 'Army w Ohio . .... Medford Mail Tribune 0: Pitt Proved Facts Count Proved circulation Is A, B. C Audited circulation no guess-nark about It. That la why the Mail Tri bune Is an A. B. C. member. Proved fact count. Twenty-Seventh Year MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1932 No. 182. DEERTir F The Weather Forecast: For Sunday fair. .Moder ate temperature. ' iemperatar Highest yesterday - M Lowest yesterday ...... 46 niim I Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS M OLD 8HA6TA, mot of the build ing that housed the thriving es tablishments of the roaring days of gold, when the gulches were yielding dally a rich (tore of yellow metal, are vacant, their roofs fallen In arid treee growing within the walls. One of the principal buildings, however. Is still occupied. In the early fifties. It housed the combined store snd banking establishment of Rhodes Sc Lusk, which played a big part In the life of the country. It corftalns now a combined store and museum -operated by Charles Lltsch and his son, Robert. OUT In front of this store Is a little old cannon that haa a fas cinating history. t It was brought to Fort Redding In 1848 by General Fremont, and when Ford Redding was -abandoned t,he cannon was taken to Shasta, mounted on the hill behind the town and fired during celebrations. Its history from the time It was - brought to Redding Is well authenti cated.. IS THIS the cannon brought along by Fremont on his noted expedi tion of the early forties? It must be. ' It 1 mentioned by him frequently In his memoirs, and so far as can be determined from these memoirs he brought only the one piece of ar tillery. It was mounted on a cart, and he spealts frequently of the trouble ex-, perlenced In getting It over narrow trails. It was fired only once, according to Fremont's records, and that tune was In Oregon. The Fremont party was camped on the Klamath marsh, and the Indians were becoming rath er threatening. They fired the can non one night, their purpose being to Impress the red men, by means of the noise, with the might of the white man. It worked, apparently, for the threatening demonstrations ceased. MR. LITSCH and his men have re tained the old records of Rhodes & Lusk, and these records show that in the early fifties they were ship ping out to one firm alone something like $128,000 of gold per month. ' Unfortunately, there Is no way of determining from these records Just how much gold was being taken out of the mines, but local tradition ln , dlcates that it must have been at least $250,000 per month. FROM these old records, it appears that one Charlea Stackpole gave a note, back in 1853, to Rhodes & Lusk for $500. Some seven and a half months later, he renewed the note and paid his interest, and the Interest on thla $500 note for seven and a half months was $375, or ten per cent per MONTH 1 What a paradise bsnklng must have been back In those days! QTILL further light is shed on this w transaction by these old records. It appears that Mr. Stackpole was unable to pay the note In cash, and, so, as many another farmer has done, ;he turned over his crop consisting a it seems, of 50 tons of hay. For this (0 tons of hay. he received a credit of $300, or SIX DOLLARS per ton. This, mind you, back in the daya of old, the days of gold, whsn snow from ths mountains was bringing 60 cents a pound in the hot valley of the Sacramento and tickets to the Charter Oak ball selling at $20 each only a little while after he .had paid a but for interest at ten per cent a month I THE poor farmer! They were rook ing him back in the fifties. In the gold camps, Just as they are said to be rooking him still! BUT don't get the Idea that every thing waa lovely for Rhodes & Lusk snd that their gooee hung al ways Jilgh. Fsrther on In these ancient books V of account appears a listing of sums owed to them by various Individuals, and alter the names of five of these Individuals, whose total debt to Rhodes ft I,uk was s'.lchtly In ex- yContinued oa Pag 8ij F PLAN 'FANTASTIC . 1 False Hope Held Out To Jobless, - Executive De clares At Detroit Gar ner's Pork Bill Scored. OLYMPIC ARENA, Detroit, Oct. 33. (AP) Given a mingled greeting aa he entered and left this city, Pres ident Hoover tonight cited 10 points of "evidence' that the "gigantic forces of depression are In retreat" and asserted the Democratic party had retarded thla recovery. A chorus of "boos" mixed with cheers echoed around the president's automobile from a milling throng at the railroad station, some of the members carrying banners Inscribed' "Voto Communist' and "The Workers1 Ex-service Men's League." In contrast the chief executive re ceived a tumultous ovation that lasted four minutes as he entered thla arena, and was cheered nearly that long when he arose to speak. He was applauded time and again as he repeatedly attacked state ments by the Democratic nominee. Franklin D. Roosevelt, and asserted that be had "broadcast a misstate ment of facta' concerning the Re publican administration. As he left the arena several shouts were heard from men carrying pla cards and banners across the street, but the presidential party's Journey back to the station was comparatively quiet. On the three mile drive out to the arena, several "boos" were heard from small knots of people In the lines along .the- route Some of. the calls did not arise until the auto mobile carrying the president and Mrs. Hoover had passed, and some came from small children. Inside the arena Itself where last year he delivered a successful anti bonus plea before the American Leg ion, the president told a responsive throng that filled every chair In the 18.000 seat arena and overflowed Into the aisles that the November elec tion "will determine the permanent course of the country." He said it was transcendent Importance that there shall be no Interruption: that there shall be no change In the strateffv and tactics used In the midst of victorious movement." Only a' small crowd was waiting on the north side of Fort street op posite the Union station as the pres ident and Mrs. Hoover amvea in closed car. There was no demon stration. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford and Gov ernor and Mrs. Wither M. Bruckner, accompanied the president to the station to bid him good-bye. "Our measures and policies have demonstrated their effectiveness.' Then, while listing 18 recommen dations made by him as the "Repub lican program," the chief executive devoted much of his address to an attack upon statements made by Democratic leaders during the cam paign and to what he called "the de structive Democratic program pro posed during the last session of con gress.. The Democratic candidate for pres ident, he asserted, "haa refused to renounce or disavow these destructive measures, or to give the country the assurance It deserves that he will not be a party to these measures (Continued on Page Five) 1 TO 5 (Br The Associated Press) The football machines of Southern Callfornls. Notre Dame, Michigan, Colgate and Auburn movej along un checked yesterday as other national favorites met stunning defeat or ties. Southern California, occupying the unusual role of underdog, trounced "Pop" Warner's Stanford Indians, 13-0. and virtually clinched Pacific coast conference honor. It was Stan ford's first defeat alter five victories. Notre Dame gave another impres sive demonstration of terrific power In bowling over the outclassed Tar tans of Carnesle Tech. 42-0. ' Michigan beating Illinois. 32-0. saw a golden opportunity to gain clear title to Big Ten title as Purdue hitherto unbeaten snd untied, was held to a 7-7 draw by Northwestern. i Auburn, unbeaten so far, upiiet Tu I lane, defending champion. In one of the outstanding eouthe-n conference games of the day, 19-7. while Col j Bate, one of the east's best, hsnded i the New Yor university Violets their I first defest. u-n. with a tricky of ' fn!ve had the Violets mabbled I moat of toe time. nrafjwfe. ip, -""Mf .f-syiEvV m. VAry, i i RECALL FADES AS ISSUE AS PUBLIC The recall plot against Circuit Judge H. D. Norton, heralded by Mr. Fehl and his supporters as the "par amount issue," backed by disgrunt led litigants, and of unknown par entage, haa completely passed out of the political picture m Jackson coun ty apparently, due to widespread dis favor among citizens. The recall pe titions have been in circulation since last August, and according to relia ble Information, have leea than 760 names. A woman circulator of the petition operated last week on Birth street, but received no signatures It is re ported, at a dime a name. Earl H FV-hl. candidate for county Judge who In the first two speeches of his camcslra. announced he had algned the recall and urged oinera io the same, has ceased to mention the recall, and of late has been de voting himself to a discussion of "My nollcles " Fehl. who In one of his Armory meetings. In response to a requested query, announced he would not rote for President Hoover In the presence of 180 people, hss since undergone a strengthening of hi republicanism snd Thursdsy evening told young Republicans at their organisation meeting all about his Republican stsunchness, and asked their sup- With two weeks remslnlng of the .mnsiim both the Republican and Democratic force are giroing mt loins for ths finish. It may ne isifrnified camnalgn than orig inally anticipated as the rank and me of the voters had their fill of hectic falsehoqds snd sensationalism . ths snrlns nrimary. In the past three weeks, there ha been a decided Jackson county drift towards Preeldent Hoover In both cities and country districts. One of the oolltleal surprises In this sec tion has been declaration of score of voters, that trier lntena m vm in" the name of Sheriff Raipn Jen c The movement ' lack organ! mtlon. but intends the re-actlon of the voters from the primary resum VATTOON. 111. Oct. 22 (API ir-. TnM fltesd Carrell. 29. a widow and former private secretsrr In Chl csko. tonight told authorities h killed her three children and tried to kill herself. She said she was de spondent. The children bodle wer found lying on beds In the hotel room she rntd Friday night. Doctors Mid h mother probably would recover from an overdose of tieepnif; goUQQ. mim mm rz. nrwAR ntfrfst THE LEAP FROM THE FRYING PAN BILLION DOLLARS FRANCE KICKS ON LOANED BY R.F.C. EARLY PAYMENT WASiniNOTON, Oct. M. (AP) The monthly report of the recon struction corporation to congress to day showed advances authorised In September amounting to 137.348,000 and outstanding loans of nearly a bil lion dollars. Made publlo today by South Trim ble, clerk of the house of represen tatives, the report revealed a marked decline In applications for losns by financial institutions as compared pared with the 1,151 received In Aug ust. In September, there were 700 such applications. Less repayment exceeding sioo 000,000 loans outstanding to financial institution and railroad were list ed at SMS,40S,4o3 on September 30 with 280,580,373 In authorized ad vances to the same claaa of borrow er yet to be called for. In statement of the corporation s oondltlon on September 80, It was re corded that of the 1 10.000,000 grant ed the secretary of agriculture for crop production loans S35.OO0.0O0 re mained In addition, a total or sra.- S00.S87 In loans authorized for relief purpose and self-llquldatlon proj ects had not been called upon by Oc tober 1. CRATER LAKE AREA Snow waa falling In Crater Lake National park yesterday and was ex pected to pile a white blanket twelve Inches In depth about the forest be fore night, according to report from worker In the afternoon. Work on the rim road to the north entrance, being carried on under the Crook contract, was suspended last week, Ernest Rostel, ranger, stated, and will be resumed for early comple tion with the opening of the 1033 season. Brhnol Merger Oppoed Kxecutlve committee of the Young Republican's league went on record at their meeth jr last night opposing psssacre of the Zom-MsePherson school merger bill. Arrangements were msde for all csrs to taks part In the caravan going to Talent on Tuesday evening, to meet at the Medford chamber of commerce at 7:30 o'clock to participate In a par ade here preceding the meeting at Talent, which Attornr? W. O. Trill and Aorr.ey Hlldlng Bengtson of M'dlord. snd Twterend Sidney Hall I of tVjhJajid rUJ Address. Courtesy New York Herald-Tribune. VI 111 III III I L.IILWV PARIS, Oct. S3. (AP) The fight against payment on December lo of a (20,000,000 Interest Installment on the French debt to America 1 ex pected to develop when parliament opens Tuesday, despite efforts In some circle to postpone the whole Issue until after the American presi dential election. Premier Herrlott and the rest of the government are maintaining al lenoe but it already he been an nounced there will be several inter pellation, when the ohamber of dep uties assemble. Meantime the nationalist press hss redoubled it campaign sgalnst pay ment. Ije Journal des Debate eald today that the time has come, despite the presidential election, to declare Franc doe not Intend to pay as long as Oermsny 1 not obliged to pay reparations. The Le Solr, of Paris, citing Amer ican loans to Germany, assert the American banker do not deserve more consideration than the French unemployed. L'Intranslgeant aays that at the Lausanne conference Washington ob tained a virtual suppression of the Oermsn reparations, and she cannot expect payment now from France. La Ltberte declared in an edi torial that payment of the December Installment would establish a dan gerous precedent. . IN BORAH LETTER COIXJON. Germany, Oct. 21 (AP) Senator William Borah, in a letter received by the Cologne dss- ette today, defended Germany's de mands for arms cqiisllty. The Idaho senstor ssld he bcllsved It dependent' upon other world pow ers, by effecting real disarmament, to turn Oermany's demands Into "welfare lnstesd of havoc." He ap pealed to other government to ob serve the provision of the Versailles treaty and denounced what he term ed their violations of that treaty by seemly Increasing armament. "The present time of world dis tress Is suited best to settle smlcsbly alt unsolved poet-war problena,'' he decUud, RADICALS HECKLE HOOVER AT DEPOT LEADERS JAILED Communist For Governor Climbs Pole To Hoot At President Norris And Hiram To Launch Attacks DOTROIT, Oct. 33. (AP) (Tour men who climbed light poles near the Fourth etreet station and exhorted the crowd before President Hoover left the station tonight, were hauled down and arrested by central station police. At police headquarters they tdentl- fld themselves as Walter Elcker, 33: William Raynolds. 38; William GaetB. 31, and Harry Sllversteln, 10, all of Detroit. They were held for Investi gation. Police aald Reynolds, named com munlstlo candidate for governor last June, was one of the leaders of the riot at ths Ford plant last March In which four men were killed. Oaeta was described as one of the leaden of a subsequent unemployment dtS' order at the plant of the Brlgga Manufacturing Co. Elcker, the off! clala eald, waa a member of the bonus army. DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 33. (AP) Senator Oeorge W. Norris, of Neb' raska, tonight told an audience here that President Hoover haa failed to redeem "every pledge he made to the farmers." and as secretary of. commerce "blocked genuine farm legislation." The progressive Republican aenator, campaigning In support of Gover nor Roosevelt, assailed the president's record on agriculture In a speech which he eald was in reply to Presi dent Hoover's opening campaign ad dress In the same auditorium Octo ber 4. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 22. (AP) California's progressive Republican senator, Hiram W. Johnaon, announc ed today he would speak here next Frldsy In support of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic candlate for president. NSW YORK. Oct.' M (AP) A 'peace meeting" between leaders of rival factions in the city penitentiary on Welfare Island today precipitated 100-man melee during which one of the prisoners, a Manhattan gun man, was stabbed to death. A eeneral riot among the 1.S60 other prisoners on the narrow laland In the East river was imminent ior the next half hour, as member of the two faction defied the smoking revolvers of officers, Damns of shot were fired beiore 200 prisoners who were out of their cells were heroea nac. oemim t tv some of the BOO city police who answered a riot tall with shot guns and gas bombs to get the last of ths recalcitrant rounaea up. Three police plane roared overhead, rowI v to droo bombs. ' Four police launches circled the Island with maenme gun L. i Sheriff Ralph Jennings. Deputy Louis Jennings snd State Police Ser leant James O'Brien left Medford shortly after 11 o'clock last night for Rogus River to arrest a man rs- ported "sitting In his nous with a .45 revolver waiting for the police to come after him. Police at Rogue River telephoned the sheriff's office Saturday after noon and reported that the man, w,ho resides In Rogue River, was shooting a rifle around town yesterday. Offlcera who went to the man's house last night were armed with guns and tear bombs. IN FALL FROM HAY Frank M. Dltaworth, 62, rancher of Trail, austslned serious Injuries yesterday evening In a fall from the tou of a haystack on hi Trail ranch. He was brought to th Community hospital last night at 0 o'clock and was reported to have scalp wounds and other Injuries undetermined. He fell a distance of 13 feet, according to th report, landing on tough ground. ROOSEVELT LAYS AT D00R0F G. 0. P. Kentuckians Also Hear Of Tariff Ills And Own Cures Cites Report Filed In 1921 By Hoover. ABOARD ROOSEVELT SPSCIATj. Oct. 33. (AP) franklin D. Roose velt brought .his campaign Into Ken tucky today with a declaration that the Republican leadership has shown Itself "absolutely destructive of the prosperity of America." Speaking to upward of 15.000 per sona who crowded Into the huge Jef ferson county armory, the Democrat- lo presidential candidate said the "failure of thla administration to meet the realities of 1930 started the world Into the depression," and that t.he Hawley-Smooth tariff car ried the decline In world trade "from I what amounted to a minor disaster to a genuine International calam ity." The speech, which preceded his swing down through the Kentucky mining and hill country Into Tennes see, brought a reference by Mr. Roose velt to a report of a commission appointed by President Harding in 1031 to study business declines. The Democratic candidate said that President Hoover, then secretary of commerce, wrote the introduction In the report, t.he conclusions of which Mr. Roosevelt added asserted that peace, time clumps were the di rect result of booms. When the boom started In this cuntry on an unprecedented scale about the year 1937, there waa no attempt on the part of the adminis tration to give any regard to or evert read over the sound conclusion stand In that report of 1933 which .had been done under the auspices of sec retary Hoover, he aald In fact, as I have shown repeat edly, the administration from 1937 all through 1938 and down to the actual crash In the fall of 1939 In stead of trying to flatten. Instead of trying to prevent the boom from going upwards, actually promoted and encouraged that boom, and then after It broke proceeded to minimise lta Importance to the nation. Signs of Better Times WASHINGTON, Oct. 32 (API- leather export rose to the , highest point since April, 1n September, the department of commerce announced today. Last month's exporte reached el, 138,000 compared to an average of 9000,000 a month for the previous 00 days. CHICAOO, Oct. 32. (AP) J. R. Bohnen, secretary of the American Washing Machine Manufacturers' as sociation, said todsy September fig ure of 30 washing machine manu facturers representing 85 per cent of the nation's production totaled 69.- 367 machines for a 13 per cent In crease over August. GRAND RAPIDS. Mich., Oct. 33. (AP) September was the peak month of 1033 for the furniture In dustry. Seldman and Seldman, ac countants, aald today. The gain In September over August was 39 per cent. Payrolls Increased 25 per cent In amount over August In Septem ber and IB per cent In the number of persons employed. WASHINGTON, Oct. JJ. (API Freight car loading rose to 650.579 for the week ended October 15 for a gain of 24.043 over the previous week, the American Railway association announced today. The week's rec ord brought loadings to a new peak for the year. , Alcohol Seized ROSEBtJltO. Ore.. Oct. 32. (AP) An automobile with a bottom recon structed to enlarge Its capacity and carrying 160 gallons of aloohol from San Francisco to Seattle was Inter cepted here last night by Stat Pol iceman Hubert Hoxte. Its driver, c A. Nelson of San Francisco, waa placed under arrest on the chsrge of Illegally transporting liquor. Steps will be taken to confiscate hi car. Mail Tribune I Intend tn vote for . 1 Intend to rote for . I Intend to rote for . I Intend to vote for . Pleas fill ent. wtlh or without Contest Editor, Mall Tribune. IN HUNTDEATHS Rolf Tells Of Near Tragedy Week Before St. Germain Slain Reckless Youths With Guns To Face Quiz. Highway and bunting tragedies of the past summer and fell In thl county will be referred by the dis trict attorney's office to the new grand Jury for the October term of th- circuit court, which will b drawn next Monday. The three major cases are the ac cidental killing the past week of Glen Fabrlck Sr., by Ellsworth Kon- kle of this city and the killing Thurs day of Joseph St. Germain by Rein hard A. Rolf, both of Central Point. In signed statements to the author Itlee, Rolf declares he thought he was shooting a bear, and Konkle ehot at a deer. Involuntary man slaughter charge are faoed by both huntera. Folf. with the district attorney, sheriff and atate police left Friday morning for the scene of the St. Ger main tragedy. Owing to roughness of the country and road the group did not return last night a expected. Rolf re-enacted the eeene. Konkle's pre llmlnsry hearing la scheduled for next Thursday. He Is at Itberty on aaooo bonds. The accidental slaying of Fabrlck Sr., oocurred tn the Lodge Pole ran ger station section of eastern Jack son county. St. Oermaln was killed In the eotinty. eastward of Butte Fall. Both tragedies occurred In the early morning. Auto Death Probe Deputy District Attorney George W. Nellson said yesterday that the auto accident on the Paclflo highway last Soptember neer Gold Hill that re sulted In the death of Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Tuttle, sged residents of th Trail district, would be called to the attention of the new grand Jury. -Mrs. Crafford, a daughter, was the driver of the death car. The state police lnveetlgated the accident. It ha developed alnce the killing of St. Oermaln, the district attor ney's offlc reports, that Rolf and St, Oermaln had been on a deer hunting trip In the Dead Indian country, a week previous. On this trip, a deer wss killed by the pair. While hunting for another deer, Rolf told th district attorney's of fice, they were ready to shoot st a movement In the brush, they thought was a deer when a man stepped out, . The Incident, Rolf declared, Impres sed upon them the need of extreme care in the woods, and that on the way to the scene of the tragedy near the Dahack cabin, they talked of ex ercising caution. The district attorney's ornos oe- clarea that there is no evidence, sup porting the theory thst liquor played any part In the hunting trngeaies. Heckles use of guns by youtns in the suburban areas will also prob. ably bs called to the attention of ths new grand Jury for consideration. A number of minor criminal mat ters which have been accumulating since last April when the lest grand Jury convened will be brought up. The district attorney office report there are a score of cases of thl nsture. Cattle and Fire Looses Amoni the cases scheduled I that of Tyrus Beck, Medford youth, sl leged to have been Involved In the Trail district cattle killing episone. Kirch Pells and ths Goble brother, accused In the same case, hare ap peared before the court. Pelle and the older Goble nrotners were sen tenced to sir months In the county Jail. Friends and kin Interceded tot them. It Is also probable tnar, pur chasers of the meat the youths sr slleged to hare slaughtered will be qulzsed. An Applegate cow killing incident I also scheduled for hear ing. Twentn-two cases are booked for hearing before the graml Jjry. whloh will be called tomorrow, according to the district attorney's offlc. T.' docket Is expected to be led with th case of Wis, F. OtayMr of Ashland, charged with assault, with Intent o kill. Olayrer wss arrested August 36. When he allegedly assaulted hi wife with a, butcher knife, critically wounding her. Straw Ballot , for President. for Cn-nnty Jndge. , for Dlstrlet Attorney, , for Sheriff. signature, and mall to Straw BoBe
