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Newspaper Page TextMedford Mail Tribune The Weather rorecast: Tonliht and Thursasy fair with tract tonight, warmer Tbars day. Bltheat yesterday - M Lowest thla m amine ,n.. 43 Paid-Up Circulation People who pay for their nswspapsrs ara tha beat prospects tor tha adver tisers. A. B. C. circulation Is paid up circulation. This newspaper la A. B. O. Twenty-Seventh Year MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1932. No. 197, an io)rui fU UULfU IFEljuILp . G. 0. P. NOMINEE 1009 AHEAD IN Ear! Fehl Carries Ashland .and Country Precincts Schermerhorn Leading Jennings for Sheriff Chair fcari H. Fehl at 3 o'clock this after aeon had a lead of 1009 votes over n. E. (Pan) Gates, on tha face of Anmnleto returns from nine Medford precincts, Ashland complete, and 37 country precincts. . The vote was: Fehl Gates . 3,78 Fehl carried Ashland and the coun try precincts, and ran Gates a close race in most 01 tne Meaiora pre cincts. Gordon Schermerhorn was leading Ralph G. Jennings for sheriff by 7 votes at 2 o'clock, on the face of re turns from half of the SB precincts, including nine Medford precincts, and Ashland complete. The vote was: Schermerhorn 3,428 Jennings ................... 3,419 T SWEEPS RANKS OF REPUBLICANS (By the Associated Press.) America's voters - conferred on Franklin D. Roosevelt so tremendous a victory that It not only gave the Democratic party unshakable control of congress, but very nearly cleared the states of Republican governors. The Republican casualty list In congress was terrific. Smoot, Wat son, Moses, Bingham, Jones names to conjure with In the senate all were defeated. These men were the heart of the party's "old guard." The house toll was but a repetition. President Hoover was leading In only six states of the 48, carrying the handful of 89 electoral votes, and even In some of these his margin was small. Connecticut, complete, was his by only 6.500 votes. New Hamp shire, also complete, was kept In line lay a scant 3.S00, and on more than two million votes tallied In Pennsyl vania he had less than 200,000 lead. DAY AND KELLY MAINTAIN LEAD E. B. Day of Sams Valley and E. C. Kelly of this city were leading In the race for the legislature. Kelly's strength In this city and the north county precincts was one of the sur prises of tha election. He polled strong In both city and country. The incomplete count Is: Day 3,721 Porter - 2,584 Kelly 8.849 DeArmond - 1,921 T 5-YEAR -PAROLE PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 9. (API Judge Alger Fee this afternoon sen tenced Emory Davis and E. H. Beat to two years In the state peniten tiary and then paroled them for five years. They were convicted of vio lation of the federal trespass act In taking up claims In the Flah Creek dlstnc of the Umpqua national for est. Edgar Martin, one the same charge. was sentenced to one year and pa roled for five years, and W. 8. Day and A. Green were each sentenced to six months and paroled to a federal road camp on probation for five years. Roosevelt Sees Support of Plan NEW YORK, Nov. 9. (!P In an- address to the nation today, Presi dent-elect Roosevelt expressed the vote given him Indicates "that the masses of the people of this nstlon firmly believe that there Is great and actual possibility In an order'.y recovery, through a well conceived and actively directed plan of action." Mulnne Dies, TOPEKA, Kans, Nov. 9. UP) David W. Mulvane, Republican na tional committeeman for Kansas, died unexpectedly at his home here today. Death was dua to a cerebral Hoover Neighbors Prove Loyalty I n Hour of Defeat PALO ALTO, Cel.. NoNv. 9. (IP) This town, which claims President Hoover as Its most Illustrious cltt n. showed him today It was 100 per cent proud of him, even In defeat. When the President arrived yes terday the usual display of photo graphs and bunting gave the town the normal pre-election appear ance. But today, as If by magic, every store window and business building blossomed forth gay dec orations 'and draped photographs honoring the President and ac knowledging his visit. G. 0. P. SENATORS DESPITE REVOLT By Leslie J. Smith Am oc la ted Press Staff Writer. PORTLAND, Ore.. Nov. 9. AP) Although Oregon was swept headlong and with unprecedented directness to the democratic side of the electoral college, the Beaver state will be the only western commonwealth to be represented by two republican sena tors. In other states In the far west the tidal wave of Roosevelt ballots carried many republicans out and bore democrats Into congress. Stelwer Far Ahead Senator Frederick Stelwer, republi can Incumbent, plied up a great lead over his democratic opponent, Walter B. Gleason, and his election was con ceded last night. Senator Charles L. McNary, Stelwer's colleague, eo-auth-or of the McNary-Haugen bill, yet has four years to serve. Except for one contest the outcome of which continued In doubt today nut wmch was expected to result In the defeat of Congressman Robert R. Butler,' republican, by Walter M. Pierce, democrat, the Oregon republi cans, after refusing President Hoover an expression of confidence, held firmly against all efforts of the dem ocratic party to oust present republi can office-holders. Martin Returned Representative Charles H. Martin. democrat, was re-elected in the third Oregon district (Multnomah county), although Homer D. Angell, his repub- (Continued on Page Five) A. 4 COAST STATES IN TUESDAY VOTE SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 9 (API Unless there Is an upset In results between now and the final canvassing of the votes, Arizona, California, Washington and Oregon will be with out state prohibition laws In a few weeks. The deluge of votes favoring repeal oi me uamornia dry law led Gov ernor Rolph today to announce he would ask legal advice as to the status or some 300 state prison convicts, serving terms for violation of that statute. It was understood the gov ernor's query Included the question or "amnesty. Repeal of the California antl-llouor law win leave tne state without en forcement measures, state oiiicials said, adding that the repealer would become effective five days after of flciaf certification of the vote, which probably will be about December 17. Victory for repeallsts In Oregon would leave the state without enforce ment machinery for a "bone dry" constitutional amendment prohibiting manufacture, sale and Importation of liquor for beverage purposes. Stste officials said a repealer would become effective Immediately upon canvass of the votes, not later than Decem ber 8. 4- TILT UNASSURED Local high school authorities and members of the Crater club were making every effort this afternoon to get In touch with Hood River high school authorities regarding the chal lenge made the northern football team to meet Medford here Novem ber 10, in a game under sponsorship of the Crater club. No definite reply had been received late this afternoon and a rejponw was anxiously awaited by sponsor, football men and school officials. The proposal of the Crater club is in keeping with the suggestion of L. H. Gregory of the Oregonlan. who asks that the teams meet In Medford November 19 and the winner play the Portland champions In Portland FOR IMPROVING EAST MAIN SI. East Side Improvement Lea gue Formed to Start Post Election Get-Together Drive for Better Medford The first gun In a campaign to forget politics and Internal dissension and get together In this community on a constructive march forward, was fired at noon today when, at an open meeting the East Side Improve ment league was formed. It is the plan of this league to widen East Main from the 8. P. tracks to the Bear Creek bridge, put In new street lighting, cover the abandoned street car tracks, and get every prop erty owner to modernize and Improve the store fronts he owns. The meeting was characterized by great enthusiasm and unanimity of opinion, it being the sense of the meeting that expenses for this wide spread improvement be borne by the property owners. A. C. Hubbard was elected presl dent; C. M. Kidd, vice-president, and Mrs. I, A, Coppln secretary and treas urer. Plans have already been started to secure signatures of all property owners and start construction work in the near future, according to Jerry Jerome, one of the leaders of the movement. ROOSEVELT FIFTH NEW YORKER FOR WHITE HOUSE JOB NEW YORK, Nov. 9. (AP) Frank lin D. Roosevelt will be the fifth man to go to the White House from New York state and the fourth gov ernor of New York to become presi dent of the united States. Martin Van Buren was the first president from New York. He was Inaugurated in 1837 after having first served as governor. Millard Fillmore was Inaugurated In 1850. He had been a congress man. In 1885 Qrover Cleveland went from the executive mansion at Al bany to the White House and In 1901 Theodore Roosevelt, a former governor of New York who had been elected vice-president, became presi dent by the assassination of William McKlnley. PePrlest Retained. CHICAGO, Nov. . (AP) Oscar DePrlest, only negro representative In congress, was one of the few Republi can congressmen from Illinois to be returned in yesterday's election. De Priest, representing the first district, which Includes Chicago's 'loop, won with a majority of 5000 over a Demo crat and a communist. TILLAMOOK Work started on ex tensive remodeling and improve ments to be made at Dude'a Coliseum. President and -Vice President I X 'SI if 7;-"'', ' A , a. m. n . T- 1 1 i r ii r.""i- w Ifcs.ass.m. ml At WAAa,'..,.j Jt .JfZX. Franklin HOW OREGON VOTED ON MEN AND MEASURES 1119 Precincts In State for President Hoover 89.409 Roosevelt 86.37S Reynolds , 178 Thomas . 1,311 Foster 201 443 Precincts Out of 803 for First Congress Butler .... Glddlngs Mott ...... a.ioo 650 38.307 28.977 . 361 Starkweather Upton 341 Precincts Out of 440 for Second Congress Brady 1,153 Butler 12,593 Pierce 14.015 Schnur -., , , - 101 Teel 112 750 Precincts In State for Secretary of State Hoss 62,317 Mldwood .... Wlsecarver Holman Maloney McFarland 1,928 , 47,660 89.223 48.250 1,583 755 Ward Attorney General Dobson . 41,647 Hosmer , Svenson . 1,803 830 vVan Winkle 60.830 Supreme Court Two Bean . 39.326 Hewitt 23,443 1094 Precincts In State on Measures: Voting qualification: Yes, 19,645; no. 12.176 Trlsl without Jury: Tea, 19,097; no, 11,787 Tax limitation: Yes, 18,193; no. 13,585. ; District Attorney George A. Codding, on the face of returns from Ashland and Medford, and many of the coun try districts, was lesdlng William Brlggs of Aahlsnd, by 250 or so votes. M. O. Wllklns was a poor third. The Ashland final figures had not been tabulated early this afternoon, but the Ashland Tidings reported that Codding was running ahead, and would carry Ashland. - - With five of the largest Medford precincts missing, and no Ashland precincts included, the count at 2:00 o'clock was: Codding 2458 Brlggs , 2291 The above figures embrace returns from Trail, Wlmer, Roxy Ann, Butte Falls and Jacksonville, where Wllklns had a slight lead. Codding carried all eight Medford precincts, most of them by substantial majorities. William R. Colemait had apparently won the Medford district Justice of the peace post by a large majority. With five Medford precincts still miss ing, the vote stood: Coleman 2112 Stewart 1582 Narregan 486 CORVALLIS Crew of men at work building temporary bridge across Mary's river at point where West Side highway bridge fell. D. Roosevelt Oleo tax: Yes. 48,409: no, 88.228. Rogue closing: Yes, 38,845; no, 59,136. Education appropriation: Yes, 8, 776; no, 24,981. Prohibition repeal: Yes, 63,652; no, 48,307. Bus blllr" Yes. 47,778; no, 87.525. University removal: Yes, 19,840; no, 108,585. Tax control: Yes, 111926; no, 16, 734. Tax supervision: Yea, 13,043: no, 15.734. Income tax: Yes, 45,600: no, 40. 132. Water power: Yes, 82,243; no, 42,-274. The Jackson county vote on the measures, with half the precincts ac counted for, was as follows Oleo: Yes No Prohibition repeal: Yes No 1,346 2,909 8,220 2,486 Bus bill: Yes No . 3,302 University removal: Yes . 413 . 3,909 Income tax: Yea . no 1,344 1,978 Water power: Yes 1.881 NO 1,743 Supreme court Justice: Bean ' 2,570 Hewitt 1.180 Bailey 3,152 RE-ELECTED AS With eight Medford precincts com plete, and five still out, owjng to I heavy vote, and a slow count, Mayor E. M. Wilson had a substantial lead over Dr. J. M. Keene. The vote stood: ' . Wilson ..... 1358 Keene 098 Eight Medford precincts gave as follows for the other city officers: For Recorder, Alford . 1474 Moran 770 For Treasurer. Samuels . .. 1023 Orey 611 Blngler 348 Moore .... , 307 Stalin's wife Dies. MOSCOW, Nov. 9. ( AP) Nadya Alllluleva, the wife of Joseph Stalin, died last night. It was announced thla evening. - The Taas agency, official soviet news orgsntsation, announced her death, but gave no details. Carries California. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 9. (AP) Franklin D. Roosevelt's vote In Presi dent Hoover's home state passed the million mark at noon today, giving tha Democratic standard bearer a lead of more than the 300,000 ma jority predicted by hla supporters. John N. LANDSLIDE VOTE IN DEMO SWEEP Tip of New England and 3 Other Eastern States Only Hoover Spots GOP Victims in All Areas By (he Associated Press, The topmost tip of New Eugland and three other eastern atatea still marked the only Hoover spots on the election map as tabulations pro grossed toward completion. Returns on Tuesday's balloting showed the Roosevelt and Garner walk-away brought them not only leads In 42 states and control of the new congress, but sent several Re publican governors, many members of senate and house and numerous other Q. O. P. office holders looking for Jobs. Overturns of Democrats were scarce. The anti-prohlbltlon drive con tinued to Increase In strength, both In the new congress and In eleven state referenda. President Hoover In hla stx states Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Dela ware could muster only 50 electoral votes. Roosevelt kept a tangible lead for 473. He was almost two to one ahead of Hoover in first reports from Kentucky, which began counting to day. The popular vote from 70,000 of the 110,000 election units showed the New York governor with 15,883,100 and Hoover with 11.626,008, Indicating record popular vote. Ralph Billings of Ashland, with half the vote reported and counted, had a safe lead over H. T. Pankey of Central Point for county commis sioner, as follows: Billings 4,781 Pankey 4,130 Medford and the districts north of Phoenix gave Pankey a 903 lead In the early count, but Ashland 'and southern county precincts gave Bill Ings a vote of 3,107 to 643 for BUI lngs. PORTLAND, Nov. 9. (AP) Joseph K. Oarson, Jr., was leading for mayor of Portland over a field of 15 candl. dates. Incomplete 'returns placed Carson at the head In the total of first, second and third choice votes. Frank L. Shull ran second, Mllo B Mack third, with Lester Adams, Elton Watklns and William F. Woodward trailing In that order. J. E. Bennett, former stata senator from Multnomah county, and O. R. Bean appeared winners for the. two positions on the city council. -Elect UjKKi'ii?-- Garner CARSON LEADS IN PORTLAND RACE Electoral Vote For Roosevelt Is Far To Fore Returns compiled by the Associ ated Press up to 5:15 p. m. (E. S. T.) show totals which If borne out by lster figures would give the following electoral vote: Roosevelt 473 Hoover 69 Necessary to elect. 366. Popular vote: 79,775 precincts out of 119,714 In the country: Roosevelt 16,025.716 Hoover 13.380.034 ROOSEVELT LEAD Franklin D. Roosevelt, with 39 pre clncts of thla county complete, was leading President Hoover by 1,369 In the early afternoon count. The vote was: Roosevelt , 8.764 Hoover 3.495 Senator Stelwer held a alight lead over Walter Gleason, with half the preclncta complete and counted, as follows: Stelwer - 3,941 Oleason 3,666 Stelwera lead 375 For secretary of state the vote was: Hoss 8.341 Wlsecarver -- 3 814 Hoss' lead 537 The country districts Toted against Hoss heavily, particularly )n the Trail, Gold HUI and Wlmer precincts, Medford preclncta gave Hoss a lead. For state treasurer, Rufus Holman won handily, as follows: Holman 4,085 Mahoney .... ...... 1,998 For attorney-general: VanWInkla Dobson ,' 7 v..' . 3.335 , 3.714 WASHINGTON HAS REPEAL DRY LAW SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 0. OF) The Democratic landslide In Washington Increased In volume today as more returns from Tuesday's general elec tion were tabulated. Not since 1890, when the Democrats, with the aid of Populists and Silver Republicans, carried the state for William Jen nings Bryan and swept the state of fices, has there been such a Demo cratic triumph in Washington. The state also passed a measure to repeal the state bone dry law. On the basis of Incomplete but representative returns, only one Re publican, Dr. N. D. Showalter, state superintendent of publlo instruction, was left to represent his party at the state house In Olympta. He had no Democratic opponent In the pri maries. Otherwise, the elective state officials, all Republicans, were swept away In the avalanche of Democratic votes. Beginning with the head of the ticket, the voters returned In a smashing majority for Franklin D. Roosevelt over Herbert Hoover. Homer T. Bone. Tacotna attorney, defeated Wesley L. Jones, Republican Incum bent, for the United States senate, and Clarence D. Martin ran away from his Republican opponent, Lleut.-Oov-ernor John A. Oellatly, In the race for the governorship. In the first district, Marlon A. Zioncheck was elected over John F. Miller, former Republican congress man. In other congressional dis tricts where there were contests, Dem ocratlc candidates were leading, al though In some instances the mar gins were small. SEEN BY BRITISH LONDON, Eng., Nov. 9. (AP) Results of the American election reached here too late for comment In morning papers except the Dally Mall, which came out wltn an edito rial headed: "Prohibition Doomed.' The Herald announced it had en gaged President-elect Roosevelt In a trans-Atlantic telephone conversa tion In which he was quoted as say ing: "I am very tired but very well and not very excited. It was a very fine victory. It said he refused to be drawn out on the question of prohibition or other national affairs Late editions of morning papers carried the announcement of the election In biggest headlines of the newspapers The result was was In accord with general expectations here but newspapers Indicated some surprise at the extent of the Repub lice daeat s 4 Precedent Against Dramatic Action by Defeated Presi dent Lincoln and Wil son Planned to Resign PALO ALTO, Cal., Nor. 0. (AP) President Hoover, as final returns from the election came to his home, told newspaper men today he would retire to private life after March . By JAMES COPE Associated Press Staff Writer WASHINGTON, NOV. 9 ( AP ) Dramatio courses are open to Her bert Hoover in hla remaining time as president, but he alone can say whether any will be taken Actual precedent Is against start ling action. Few departed presidents have done anything but get along as beet they could with congress un til March 4 brought freedom from office. Occasionally, as In the case of President Taft, they arranged to keep the incoming president Inform ed and familiar with critical devel opments on which action might 1m required Immediately upon assuming office. Two Planned Resign But history records two proposals, both mentioned In the final days of this campaign, which are free to President Hoover's hand If he wishes to employ them. Wood row Wilson, say biographers, thinking defeat possible In 1010, re solved to turn over the presidential offico Immediately after election day. It can be done simply enough, Abraham Lincoln, during the clos ing months of .his first term, feared defeat, and he proposed to call In his successor for co-operation dur ing the final months. But both won. and the extraordl- ' nafy plans came to nought. The public was not even aware of them until long after. Moat defeated presidents 'almost disregarded their successors until In auguration day except Tor extending the congratulations of the gracious . loser, Taft Waited Wilson Taft, beaten by Wood row Wilson ' In 1013, faced at the end of his term (Continued on Page Two) VIC MEYERS GAINS : WASHINGTON OFFICE SEATTLE, Waah.. Nov. 9. (AP) Washington state's new Democratic lieutenant governor, who directs a Jaes band, declared today: If peo- ( pie think I am going to be a gag man in the senate, they are wrong. The lieutenant governor presides over the state senate. "Already I'm beginning to study up on Roberts' rules of order, he said, "and thinking about commit tee appointments Z will have to make In January.1 The orchestra leader conducted clowning campaign for Vie nomina tion as mayor of Seattle last winter. He lost to John F. Dore. Will ROGERS BEVERLY HILLS, CM., Nov. 8. There is only one redeem ing thing about this whole election. It will be over at sun-down and let everybody pray that it's not a tie, for we couldn't go through with this thing again, and when the votes are counted let every body, including the candidates, get into a good humor as qnick as they got into a bad one. Both gangs have been bad sports, so see if at least one can't redeem themselves by of fering no nlibis but co-operate with the winner. For no mattir which ono it is, the poor fellow is going to need it. So cheer up, let's all be friends, for one of the evils of democracy is you have to put up with men you elect whether you want him or not. That's why we call it democracy.