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3DF0RD Mail Tfhbune Paid-Up Circulation Peopl who pay for their newspaper are the beet prospect for ths adver tiser. A. B. O. circulation U paid up circulation. Thl newspaper Is A. B. O. Twenty-Seventh Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1931 No. 198. H FOHfl The Weathe Forecast: Tonight and Friday fair with freezing temperature tonight. Temperature: Highest yesterday ' ' . 54 Lowest this morning . 16 Ml teMEBIfflEMlMlgH WW ' I r Comment on the Day's News Bj FRANK JENKINS. THE8B words are written on elec tion day, while the Toting la stUi going on. By the time they are read, of course, the result will be known. No matter what the result may be, a lot of people will be aaylng: "Didn't I tell you so all the time?" It's funny how people are that way. lent ltT ELECTION day" a great day In newspaper of floes. The new has to be gathered and given to the publlo at the earliest Voslble moment, for that ta what newspapers are for. Everybody, from the office boy up, shows up for work on election night, Nobody around a newspaper office even thinks of going to bed on the night of election. There la too much to be done. 1 F YOU are curious, you may aek: "Do newspaper workers "nave to be TOLD to come back and work all night, after having worked all day?" Emphatically NOT I Wild horeee couldn't drag them away from the office. They love the excitement of gathering the newa of the voting and giving it to the people who are wait ing for It. It Isn't drudgery; It la FUN. Newspaper workers like their Jobs which, probably, la why they stay , with them, for newspaper making Is an exacting task, requiring long hours of effort at high speed, fighting against time. YOU pick up your paper and read how the voting hw gone. In all probability, you give not a thought to how the figures you are reading have been gathered. The process of gathering these fig ures, however,. Is an Interesting one. Tou might like to know more about It, HERB in Oregonthe polls close at 8 o'clock. In some counties, there are double boards, one count ing while the other takes the vote. Xn others, one board does both Jobs. As soon as the polls close and counting begins, messengers from the newspapers gather the result of the first dozen or so ballot counted and rush these figure to the office, where they are segregated and added. This process is known a tabulating. It Is done at high speed, for the publlo Is In a hurry to get these early figures, which show the trend. TIB accuracy of these early trends, In forecasting the final outcome, I surprising. Given 100 ballot. widely scattered from over a big county like Jackson, experienced ob servers can predict pretty closely what the final vote will be. That Is why these early returns are awaited with such keen Interest. IN THE CITIES, the figures from the preclncta are gathered by messen gers. From the country preclncta they come in by telephone. As fast &a they come In, they are tabulated, and these tabulations are given out as bulletins. In the large cities, where the newspapers Issue frequent editions, they are rushed Into print. . Meanwhile, In some newspaper of ' flees, crowds pour through, talking, laughing and kidding. Eager candi dates, hoping foe good news, but tak ing what they can get, hang over the tabulators, their spirits rising or falling a the figures favor them or go against them, hpHIS work of gathering and tabu- A lattng the vote start with the county seat towns. From there, it to relayed, always by wire, to the !srge cities. In Oregon, Portland la the point where the figures for the atate are assembled, Portland being Oregon's only metropolitan city. Northern California sends it figures to Ban Francisco, and Southern California to Los Angele. From the larger cities, ttie figures go In, by wire, of course, to New York, which is the final concentra tion center of the country, although Chicago Is also Important. It Is chiefly from New York and Chicago that the final tabulations ALL by LL thl work, remember. Is don the newspaper., although of course other agencies nt. And In very newpsper offlre, from the , JOcmUaued, pa Page rour r rnininn i 10 SEEK RECOUNT IITTENIJVOTES Many Ballots Lost by Ruling of Judges Is Declaration 126 Lead Might Be Wiped Out, Say Backers No steps toward seeking a recount of the votes In tha race for sheriff will be asked, until after the official count, which started thla morning, 1 completed. It Is expected to be finished by next Tuesday. After the canvass la completed, a recount can be asked, under the Ore gon law. Gordon Schermerhora, with all the 68 precincts of Jackson county tal lied, today held lead of 138 votes over Sheriff Ralph J3. Jennings, the "write-in" candidate and the "League of 7000" which sponsored Jennings' campaign, was planning to take steps to have a recount of the votes for sheriff to assure all who wrote In Jennings' name their votes. The county clerk's office said to day that In four Medford preclncta about 60 Jennings votes ,had not been counted, the Judges holding they had not been property marked and written. These were the Oakdale, Southwest, West and Northwest Med ford precincts, A number were also uncounted In the Trail, Eagle Point, Rogue Rtver, Wlmer and Jacksonville precincts, It was reported. The law holds, attorneys say, that the Intent of the voter la sufficient to count the vote. An opinion from the stat attorney general will be asked. The unofficial vote on sheriff Is as follows: Schermerhorn 8.940 Jennings W.M.....M.. 8,814 Beeson 8,316 Zundell -,- , - 3,296 Rhodes 181 Rogue River precinct did not re turn Its ballots until this morning. It gave six vote for Jennings. Jennings carried Ashland by 199 votes and this city by 664 over his nearest competitor, Schermerhorn. The Ashland vote on sheriff was: Beeson .. ..... 490 Rhodes - 63 Schermerhorn 673 Zundell 233 Jennings 771 The Medford vote was a follows for sheriff: Beeson 1,063 Rhodes r T - 29 Schermenhorn 1,196 Zundell 481 Jennings 1,760 The Rogue River, Eagle Point and Sams Valley preclncta voted heavily against Jennings. WETS SEE BEER I CONGRESS MEET WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. (AP) Exuberant wets are talking hopefully, If still speculatively, of "beer at the December session." Their confident predictions, rejected by the drys, are bolstered by Tuesday's overwhelming successes, national and state, of a party whose platform flatly promised repeal of constitutional pro hibition and modification of the Vol stead act. Then even before all ballots were counted, the beer cause received new Impetus from such Democratic leaders as Robinson of Arkansas, the senate leader, and Harrison of Mississippi, the senate whip. Their voices added volume to a pre-election forecast of Speaker John N. Garner, vice-presi dent-elect, that the lame-duck house will vote beer. Dry countered quickly, denying the election recorded a clear cut pro hibition trend. They mentioned the large majorities by which the same senator and representatives who met In December, refused to vote beer last spring. A question mark to both sides was President Hoover' attitude toward a beer bill. Without hla signature the legislation would need a two-thirds ma Jori ty th e s ame proportion re qulred for action on the eighteenth amendment. HOOVER WILL LEAVE TOMORROW FOR EAST PALO ALTO. Cut., Not. 10. (AP) Desiring to Ret back to hi official duties In Washington, President Hoo ver today arranged to ler hi. home here tomorrow night rather thn 6t. urday s originally planned. Oregon Weather. Pair tonlxht and Frldnv: fre;.lne temperature at night in Interior; gnu cbangeabl wind, offshore. County Vote On Measures - Incomplete return, on meaaurea In Jackson county stand: Tax Qualification Tea 4,879 No . 4,439 Trial Juries Tea 8,857 No 8,185 ' Six Per Cent limitation Tes No Oleo 8,108 1,883 Tes No . 1.848 . 3,908 Rogue River Fish no , 8,188 , 1,175 Education Appropriation No ess 8,230 Prohibition Repeal Tes , 3,488 1,893 No , Bus Bill- Tea No , , 899 . 8,303 School Merger Tee No Tax Conservation No . 413 , 3,999 1.844 1,978 Tax Supervision Tea 1.317 No 3,205 Income Tax Tes 1.454 No 2,348 Power Amendment Tes 1.881 No - 1,743 TO ARMISTICE DAY 'All Jackson county will Join Med ford tomorrow In observance of Arm istice day. to celebrate again the end of the World war. The city will be pervaded by a military atmosphere from early morning to the close of festivities, following the annual Arm istice day ball at the Oriental Oar dens. The baU will be one of the major events of the day. Cote Holmes, pro gram chairman, announced this morning. The Oriental Gardens will be spproprlately decorated In the patriotic and holiday motif, under the direction of Tom Swem. and music win be furnished by Dom Pro vost's orchestra. A reoord crowd from this and neighboring communities Is anticipated. Stores Closed. Each hour of the day wilt have something to offer those In search of entertainment, the committee promisee, and all atores will be closed throughout the day. The parade will atart at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning, forming on West Main street at the City park, con tinuing on Main street to Bartlett, (Continued on Page Two) LOST PROSPECTOR E ROSEBURG, Ore.. Nov. 10. (AP) Phil Kelley, 61-year-old prospector of Olendale, for whom search was insti tuted In the Cow creek district yes terday, reached a mill camp near Azalea early thla morning. Kelley left his home at Olendale Sunday for the home of his son at Azalea, Intending to prospect along the way. When he failed to arrive, 90 volun teer searchers organized hunt for him. Kelley stated that he became confused In his directions and wan dered several miles off his course. He was unharmed from his four days and nights In the woods, except from cold and exposure. 1 HELD ON VEAL KILLING CHARGES Chester Knlghten. 86. and Fred Wil liams, S3, of the Suncrest orchards, are being held in the county Jail In lieu of 8500 ball each, for unlawfully killing an animal, the property of another person, according to state police. The two men were arrested when the csreass of a seven-month-old veal was found In their possession, after the same had been reported lost by A. O. Barlow. The hams were gone, according to the officers. The two men were on a hunting trip some time ago, but failed to get a deer, a report by the officers stated. UNION PACIFIC ADDS $1.50 TO DIVIDENDS NEW PORK. Not. 10. (AP) Di rctors of the TJnlon Pacific, railroad today declared another dividend of ?1.0 a har on th omnon stock. Similar payments were voted la the tvo previous quarters, BOURBONS START 'Clear Mandate' Is Given Roosevelt by People May Name Cabinet Before In augurationQuiz Experts By the Associated Preai. Their victory swelling with every additional return on Tuesday's tre mendous vote, America's new Demo cratic leaders faced today four months of arduous preparation tor the re sponsibility of piloting the govern ment. A free hand in directing the country was given President-elect Roosevelt by election of a house three to one Democratic, and a senate controlled by his psrty, 59 to 38. This smashing victory only emphasized the signifi cance of his never-before -attained electoral vote of 472 to 69 for Presi dent Hoover. Mounts Toward Record. The popular vote kept mounting toward record flgurea with 20,161,080 recorded for the winner and 14.184.887 for Hoover, from approximately three fourths of the country's voting dis tricts. Under this amazing grant of power, Roosevelt expressed his appreciation by saying "this clear mandate shall not be forgotten." He termed it " a' national expres sion of liberal thought." Already he has Informed the con gressional leaders of his party that the time from now until March 4 will be devoted to creating the machinery required for the Democratic program. He Is to choose also a cabinet, a ma jor task in which his associates say he may break one more precedent by announcing its make-up considerably before inauguration. Consult .Experts. He proposes to continue Intensive consultatlon-witli experts on Industry, sgrlculture and finance, formulating definite projects to bring into play the principles he expounded during the campaign. The Democratlo grip on the new congress did not extend to winning control of the senate for the lmme- (Continued on Page Two) tollefsonkea set for nov. 29 SALEM, Nov. 10. W) Appeals in six criminal cases, Including several savings snd loan convictions, were set for hearing by the Oregon su preme oourt today for later this month. The appeal in the cam of State vs. Tollefaon. from Jackson county, in volves the giving of a false alarm relative to a bank robbery. It was set for November 39. On the same day the court will also hear the case of State vs. Wolfe, a liquor charge appealed, from Klamath county. Publl-d Friday The Mall Tribune will publish aa usual tomorrow, Armistice day, with ths possibility of allghtly earlier press time, If run of news permits. Complete Unofficial No. Main 80. Main No. Central Bo. Central No. Riverside Oakdale Newtown Northeast Southeast , East Southwest West Northwest . 155 104 83 Hi 328 118 181 317 188 43 . 310 157 133 181 129 78 134 228 308 243 378 375 109 350 308 309 Totals 1888 3636 Wilson's msjorltv, 738. Alford's msjorltv, 1380. Samuels' msjorltv. 583. Msyor Wilson carried every preeln:', bul North ItivcrsiJe, where th, race was tied at 328 each. Democratic Tide Comes In WASHINGTON. Nov. 10-(AP) The extent of the Demoerstlo victory In Tuesday's election Is shown in the following; table: Dem, Hep. F-I.br. D'tful President 1 0 0 0 Oovernors (34) . 38 4 1 Senate (.14) . 38 6 0 0 Senste nhort term) 1 .. 0 10 0 ' House 109 UO u ROOSEVELT READS OF ELECTION Associated Press telephoto of Franklin D. Rooaevelt with family and friends in the Hotel Biltmore, New York, after Prealdent Hoover had conceded tha election to him. With the President-elect are (left te right) James Farley, James Roosevelt, Rooaevelt, Mrs, Roosevelt. Dry Repeal Gives New Liberty for Citizens in Use, Possession Rum By CLAYTON V. BERNHARD, Associated PreM Staff Writer. A ALUM, Nov. 10. ) The repeal th tRt prohibition enforcement , . . . .es relative to the drinking of Intoxl- lw. open. .th. way. for more liberty ft gtudy m eating liquors than many citizens aaI nice wise became effective at once atlon here today revealed. The repeay night, it was officially determined. arter vnm closing ox me poiia i uesu i A conference here between George Alexander, former state prohibition director and now deputy superin tendent of state police, and I. H. VanWlnkle, attorney-general, outlin ed what could and what could not be done as a result of the wiping out of the Anderson dry law In Oregon. ffta-to enfocement officials now must confine their activities toward arrests for drunken driving, drunk enness, operation of stills and the poaseaslon of mash. Possession of Intoxicating liquor, transportation and even sale, officials said, are not lnforceable, despite the fact that the constitutional amendment, prohibits1 manufacture, sale and lmporatlon of Intoxicating liquors for beverage pur poses. The etate officials explained that while the constitutional prohibitions are on the books, no machinery for their enforcement Is now provided, no funds made available, nor pen alties determined. These were In cluded In the repealed Anderson act. With the few exceptions under other state laws mentioned, the fed erel law Vlone Is in force, and the Volstead act Is not as prohibitive as the old Anderson act, It was ex plained. City ordinances, passed to conform to the state dry law, are not re pealed, and can be enforced by city officials. The federal laws governing Intoxicating liquors are enforceable by federal officers. Liberties not previously legally en- Count, City Offices RECORDER ! TREASURER. 194 138 99 148 358 340 378 327 351 109 388 318 300 98 79 48 118 188 .78 114 148 187 40 178 138 131 ioo 37 133 SO 88 33 94 49 43 31 70 30 99 38 108 98 137 88 187 ' 81 77 82 159 03 130 61 170 AH 184 68 309 84 144 46 189 49 59 18 71 3 117 89 309 63 180 48 308 49 89 47 144 ti 1350 550 1938 897 3831 1481 Joyed bow Include the possession of beer and hard liquors, the officials stated. State laws also do not mske enforceable sale nor transportation. Obtaining of drink tor medicinal pur poses upon prescription is now legal under all laws. Concerning- the making of home brew, George Alexander said arrests could be maae ror possession of mssh and for possession of the Ingredients while brewing, but after beer is msde the possession is not now a violation of the state law. L PORTLAND, Ore., Nor. 10. (AP) Federal forest highway Improvements amounting to about $160,000 were contracted for today when the fed eral bureau of publlo roads opened bids on two Oregon projects. The larger project la for grading t.nat portion of the Diamond Lake highway between the Jackson and Douglas county line along the upper Rogue toward the south end of Dia mond lake. The three low bidders, on the basis of Ufitng metal pipe culverts, were: Von der Hellen & Plerson of Med ford, 9115,622; Clarence Young, Oak land, cal., in9,707, and Fred Slade, Portland, $140,306. Eight contract ors submitted bids. 9 Tills Is a continuation of the work started last year at Union Creek on the route Into Crater Lake park. It will enable motorists to reach Dla mortt Lake and The Dalles-Call for ms highway without going Into the park. CITY OF PEACE i j OBNTJVA, Nov. 10 (AP) The trae edy of a fatal riot echoed through this "City of Peace" today after . company of young recruits had turn- ed machine guns on a hissing crowd, killing 13 men and wounding 70 per sons. Tha angry mob killed one sol- : dler. The disturbance came last night i aa ths climax of weeks or bitter po I lltlcal agitation between socialists snd the Iocs! Oeneva government. It began In front of Community Hall, where an antl-soclaliat politi cal meeting was being held. When tha hall became full, the gendarmes closed the doors, but the crowd broke through. Sensing trouble, authorities ordered the young troops which previously hsd been called from Lausanne, to march to the scene. Aa soon ss they sppesred the crowd began hissing and celling them "children' trooDs.t States Vote on Men, Measures One thousand six hundred forty- one preclncta In Oregon, including 003 preclncta In Multnomah county gave for president: Hoover , - .., 110,978 188.430 1,538 Roosevelt , Reynolds . Thomas 13,085 Foster 1,438 One thousand six hundred forty- one preclncta In Oregon, Including 503 precincts in Multnomah county, give for senator: Coulter i Olefujon ,, 0,035 , 110.830 Jacobean Rrueger 3,083 Stelwer -Thomas , 104,030 8,788 Seven hundred forty-two precincts out of 803 in district for first con gress give: Butler 10.185 Olddlnge 3.608 Mott ..- 89,868 Starkweather 81.487 Trton - 1.078 Three hundred etRhty-three pre cincts out of 440 In district for second congress give: Brady 3.846 Butler 30.700 Pierce I 35,110 Schnur 493 Teel 441 One thouasnd six hundred thirty nine precincts in stste. Including 803 of 640 Multnomah county precincts, give for eecretary of state: Hoes 167.814 Mldwood 11,874 Wlsecarver 138.837 Treasurer: Holman ....- . 187,189 Maloney - 134.493 McParland 8.829 Ward - 4,089 Attorney general: Dobson ........ 139,351 Hosmer . lO.ips Svenson 4,130 Van winkle . .. 143,776 Supreme court (two): Bean 159.831 Hewitt - 96,877 Supreme court (three) : Bailey 167.84B One thousand five hundred eighty- five preclncta In state, 803 preclncta Multnomah county Included, on measures: Voting qualification Tes, 163,775; No 102,334. ... Trlsl without Jury Tee, 164,300; No. 90,398. Tax limitation Tee, 130,408: No, 97,384. Oleo tax Tes, 108.087. No, 187.390. Rogue closing Tes, 103,331; no, 163.318. Education appropriation Tee, 48, 181: No. 187,877. Prohibition repeal Tes, 176.188; No, 118.104. ' Bus bill Tes, 133.307: no, 188,760. , University removal Tes, 88,823; No, 348.713. Tax control Tes, 84,048: No, 136. 891. Tax supervision Tes, 93,041: No, 130.486. Income tax 121.768; No. 184,038. Water power Tes, 148,706; No, 110,739. STATE FOOTBALL OUTLOOK BETTER Fl Medford's chsnoes for participation In t,he play-off and final for the atate high school football champlos ahip appeared bright than ever to day, following conferences between members of the Craters olub com mittee, local high schol officials and those Interested In the promotion' of the game In Portland. It was defi nitely ascertained thla afternoon that the record or Coach Darwin Burgher'a team 1 being considered by the officials of the Portland In terscholastlc league. No definite ac tion will be taken until Principal O. O. Smith la notified and con aulted. Hood River's proposal that Med ford and Jefferson high play here next Saturday, November 19, waa flatly refused when It wss learned that Portland teams are not allowed to play post-season gsmea outside of Multnomah county. It Is fslrly well established now that If Hood River's team dealres to be considered In the running for championship honors. It must plsy and eliminate the Medford grldsters. It waa pointed out that If the Hood River team desires to play Tha Dalles to aottle the mld-Columbla "civil war" the rest of the unde feated team in tha atate cannot wait until thla action la taken, and Hood River and Th Dalle will be auto matically eliminated from further consideration. 1 Baby Moore Just Like Dad, Says He Although John Robert Monroe, Jr.. Is only two week old, It Is predicted that he will follow In the footsteps of his well-known daddy, J. R. Mon roe, of th Home Orocery etore, and soon be smart enough to sell bread to a baker'a wife. Little Jackie arrived In Medford October 39 at the Community hos pital. After Sunday, November 19, this young gentlemen will be at home with hi parent, Mr. and Mr. J. R. 'Monroe, Ul Howard street. FEHL TOPS GATES BY 1366 VOTES IN Tabulation of County Judge Race Shows Pipes Carried But One Precinct Cod-; ding Wins by 365 Votes The complete unofficial count for Jackson county, for county Judge. Is as follows: . Pehl Oates Phlpps Pipes 8.697 4,331 9. 597 1,110 rehl's majority over Oates, his nearest contender, waa 1.366. Pipes, the Ashland Tidings' candi date, carried but one precinct in the county, and that was Ashland Boule vard, by a majority of alx votes over Ostes. In the 13 precincts of Med ford, Pipes received but 363 vote. Democrat Switched. Pehl In this city received 3.148 votes, a majority of 35 over Gate,, who received 3.130 votes. In the final week of the campaign, a leading local Democrat said this morning, a wing of the local Democracy awung from Phlpps to Pehl. The Medford precinct vote on county Judge was: Pehl 3,148 Gstes 3,130 Phlpps ... , 8S7 Pipes 383 , The county Judge vote for the Ash- . land precincts was: Fehl 644 Dates -. 808 Phlpps 481 Pipe 1 634 Pehl carried all the country pre cincts, with Trail, Wlmer, Eagle Point . and Rogue River rolling up the big geat pluralities. , Codding Elected. , District Attorney George A. Ood , ding, arfatnat whom a bitter campaign waa waged for months, waa re-elected by a majority of 385 votes, The unofficial vote Is: . Codding , ,,. ', ., 8,318 i Brums , , 4,851 Wlfklns .8,038 . Wllklns carried the following pre cincts: Eagla Point, Sam Valley, Trail. Rogue River, Derby, Union, Bellvlew, Wlmer and South Jackson ville. The vote In this city waa: . Codding ' 3,148 , Brlggs 1.610 Wilkin 641 Th Ashland prectnc vote was: Codding . 983 Brlggs , 841 Wllklns . 891 Day and Kelly Named. Other atate and county office re ported as follows: Legislature - Day .7.368 Porter - - 5.378 , DeArmond , 4,558 ' Kelly 6.400 . Kelly won over Oeorge Porter by 133, In one of the election surprises. ; For county commissioner, Ralph Billings of Aahland defeated H. T. ' Pankey of Central Point, a followa: Bllllnga - 6.767 Pankey 6,33 d In the precincts north of Phoenix. Pankey polled a high vote, but th Ashlsnd district polled 3,104 for BUI- ' Ings to 534 for Pankey, cutting down the early Pankey lead. Billings won by 431 votes. The vote on other county office was: County Clerk Carter .. fl,693 Ulrlch . 4.410 , Carter lead . , 4.383 (Continued on Page Five) WILL ROGERS BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Nov. 9 If your side lost don't take it too much to heart. Remem ber there is always this differ ence between tig and Italy i In Italy Mussolini runs the coun try but here the country runs the president. .As I dispatch this little mes sage along late in the evening it looks like the only thing that can beat the Democrats is hon est counting. Certainly brought out a big vote. There was actually wom en went to the polls that didn't have a new hat Humiliation couldn't even stop 'era, . Tours, WLIi(nsWlllM'U t
