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The Weather Forecast: Fair Sunday; continued Paid-Up Circulation I People who pay tor their newspapers are the best prospects for the adver- tlsers. A. B. O. circulation Is paid up circulation. This newspaper u a. B. O. Temperature: Highest yesterday . Lowest yesiertiay Twenty-Seventh Year MEDFOUD, OREGOX, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1932. No. 223. nn M b ma Medford Mail Tribun e Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS (-IY7O0L GROWERS favor present W tariffs on wool." Such 1 the word that cornea from Portland, where the National Wool Growers' associa tion Is In session. Surely. And the butter men favor the present tariffs on butter. The poultrymen favor the present tariffs on eggs. The lumbermen favor the present tariff which Is exceedingly new on lumber. EVERYBODY In this country fa vors a tariff on the thing he pro- ducea. AND why not? Although buying power In this oountry Is at present far below nor mal, It Is still higher than the aver age throughout the world. Our stan dards of living are far below normal, but they are far above the world average. This Is still the greatest market on earth. Why shouldn't we keep this great market of ours, or at least the bulk of it, for ourselves? THERE Is much talk to the effect that toe new tariff t duties we have laid upon the products of other eountrles have caused other countries to isy RETALIATORY tariff duties upon our products a retaliatory tar iff being one that Is designed for the purpose of getting even. So. It Is charged, we have killed the goose that used to lay the golden egga for us that Is to say, we have de stroyed our own foreign trade by Inviting these retaliatory tariffs. One hears that story everywhere. REALLY, It lsnt true. The tariff walls that now block commerce throughout the world are largely the result of the flaming na tionalism that came out of the war. With blockades fresh In their minds, almost every people on earth wanted to become self-sufficient RIGHT AWAY that la to say, they wanted to produce within their own borders all the things needed to fight a war. Bo they started using tariffs as a means of forcing self-sufficiency. rear of Germany also contributed to the raising of tariff walls after the war. Almost every nation feared that Germany, In an effort to pay her reparations bill, would launch a great selling offensive, flooding other countries with cheap merchandise. So tariff walls were raised to pre vent THAT. BUT, however the tariff walls came to be raised, they are there. And every country Is complaining bitterly about EVERY OTHER COUNTRY'S tariffs, but doing nothing In the wsy of reducing Its own. European countries, In particular, a are making an awful fuss about the AMERICAN tariff wall. They want It torn down, so that they may send their products into our markets, with out anything to hinder them. They want markets, and our great market looks exceedingly good to them. But they say nothing about re ducing their own tariff walls. UNCLE SAM. you see, hss been BIO-HEARTED In the past. He loaned Europe a lot of money, and then FORGAVE most of the debt all . of It, In fact, that was Incurred for the actual fighting of the war, keep ing on his books only the money borrowed AFTER the war and has been quite lenient about toe pay ment of even that part. Now Europe wants him to forgive It ALL and Is flooding the world with propsganda to that effect. In the same way, Europe wants Uncle Sam to tear down HIS tariff walls, so that European products can enter the American market freely. but wants to keep her own tariff walls up, so that American products CANT enter European market. It would be a grand scheme, If we would fall for It. A grand scheme, that Is, for everybody but us. ASA matter of fact. Uncle Sam's t tariff walls have been rather effectively torn down by DEPRECI A TED MONEY, and our markets are being opened up to an astonishing extent to the products of the coun tries whose money Is depreciated In value by toe fact that it hasn't got gold back of It. It works like this: If you are a manufacturer, or a producer of ANY SORT, agricultural pr otherwise. In England, or Sweden, or Cercho-Slovakla, or any country with a depreciated currency, you sell (Continued on Pag Four) CONVENE JAN. 3 TO THRESH OUT TAXPROBLEMS Extra Session Needed to Provide Laws in Advance Regular Legislature for Tax to Become Effective PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 10. (AP) Governor Jullua It. Meier. In a for mal statement to the press here to night, Issued a call for a special session of the state legislature. The special session, called to at tack problems of taxation and relief, Is scheduled to convene, Tuesday, January 3, less than a week before the regular session will open Janu ary 0. Governor Meier pointed out that the special session is called, even If only a week before the regular ses sion, because 90 days must elapse following adjournment of a legisla tive session before the laws It en acted become operative. Hence, a tax law passed at the regular session would not take effect until the last part of May, a date considered too late to help the tax situation, while tax measures adopted at the special session will be operative Aplrl 7. Must Provide Revenue No recommendation Is specifically made as to the form the tax program should take, but the executive In his statement said that, despite econ omies In state government, revenues have decreased to the point where they are insufficient, and that a property tax must be revived unless the legislature - finds some other source of revenue. In conferences between Governor Meier and business and legislators, a sales tax has been talked of sym pathetically as an emergency means of clearing up vie state's financial situation without restoration of the property tax. Governor Meier's state ment tonight, however, did not rec ommend thla or any other specific form of taxation. Kiddle to Preside It Is believed mechanics of the spe cial session will be simple. Follow ing a caucus In Salem January 3, the senate and house will organize January 3. Fred E. Kiddle of Union county Is understood already to have sufficient votes pleged to elect him president of the senate and Earl W. Snell of Gilliam county likewise Is said to have enough votes pleged to elect him speaker of the house. Each presiding officer will appoint a reso lutions committee and a committee on taxation. Senate and &ouse com mlttees on taxation will meet Jointly. Legislators here pointed out tonight that by suspension of the rules the Joint committee can launch Into hearings by Wednesday. This would enable three days for hearings and the tax measures could be passed Saturday. The session would then adjourn, to reconvene the following Monday for Its regular session. Meier's Statement The governor's statement follows: I have determined to convene the 37th legislative assembly In special session an January 3, 1933. I have decided to take this act. " in order that a determination mat had of the question as to whether or not we shall retain as part of our sys tem for raising state revenue the property tax, handed down to us from feudsl days. The elimination of this antiquated, burdensome and Inequitable tax from our state levy has been arid still la one of the major objectives of my administration. Furthermore, the , state is faced (Continued on Page Ten) Hagenbarth Heads Sheep Ranchers PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 10. (AP) F. J. Hagenbarth, of Spencer, Idaho, was re-elected president of the Nat ional Wool Growers' association for the 20th successive year at the clos ing session of the association's 68th annual convention here today. Mrs. 3. O. Stewart of Yakima, Wash., was elected president of the ladles auxiliary. New Money System for World Is Promulgated TORONTO. Ont., Dec. 10. (AP) A new monetary system for the world, a system In which wheat, sil ver and gold would be the vital fac tors, has been presented to finan ciers In America, Oreat Britain and other countries by Frank O'Hearn. former vice president of the Stand ard Stock Exchange. Proferring It as no panacea, but as a plan Intended to aid farmers and silver currency nations. O'Hearn has drawn up the suggestion in out line and mailed It to leading econo mists and money exptvts. The first aim would be to arrive at a commodity r a hi it ion so stabil ised that It would be a standard which all other commodities and Michigan Awarded Rockne Trophy As Leading Grid Team CHAMPAIGN, 111.. Dec. 10. (AP) Although Southern Cali fornia's Trojans defeated Notre Dame today to finish their regu lar season undefeated and untied, the University of Michigan to night was declared winner of the Knute K. Rockne memorial trophy, symbolic of the national football championship, under the Dickinson rating system. Southern California won more games than the Wolverines, but Professor Frank G. Dickinson of the University of Illinois, origin ator of the system, said Michi gan outranked the Trojans, be cause of the superiority of mtd dlewestern football In Intersec tions! games. I CAUSING EPIDEMIC OF HOWIE BLAZES Overheating stoves during the ex tremely cold weather was the cause given by Fire Chief Roy Elliott for the series of fires over the week end, which Included damage to the Geo. Marshall residence at 1113 South Oakdale avenue and several chim ney fires. The chief issued warning yesterday against building excessive blazes which might cause damage. Yesterday forenoon the department was called to the Jim Dally residence at 830 East Ninth street to extin guish a chimney blaze, and Friday two flue fires were extinguished by the department at the Gene Thomas residence at 222 South Holly street and at O. W. Foster's at 115 Park. Considerable damage was done to the George Marshall four-room resi dence at 1113 South Oakdale late Friday night, when fire broke out presumably from an overheated stove. The Amos Turn bows were ' residing at the place, and discovered the fire when the roof blazed. Where the water ran Into the street It Imme diately froze into Ice In the near-zero weather and firemen found It diffi cult to combat the flames, wttfi Icicles forming wherever the water was sprayed near the house. L FOR STATE PICKED PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 10. (AP) Robert Hayter. 21, of Dallas, stu dent at the University of Oregon, and J. Burke Rnapp Jr., 19, of Port land , student at Stanford un lver- slty, were selected tonight as win ners of the state Rhodes scholarship contest. They were chosen from among eight students after oral ex aminations here that lasted nearly all day. The two will represent Oregon at the regional contest next Wednes day at Spokane, Wash., when two winners from each of six northwest states wlll compete for scholarships. Out of the twelve contestants, four will be chosen to receive the schol arships, each of which provides for two years or more of study at .Ox ford university, with all expenses paid. Young Miksche Boy Dies of Pneumonia News was received here Saturday of the death In Portland of Geary Miksche, young son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Miksche. formerly of this city, now of Portland. The little boy died Saturday morning of pneu monia, according to the report. Lake Creek Water Sought for Mine SALEM, Dec. 10F. L. Vincent of Medford, has requested a permit from the state engineer to appropriate 5 second feet of water from Lane creek and other tributaries of Rogue river for mining purposes In Jack son county. services would have a permanent rl atlve valuation. The second would be to elaborate the gold monetary system to fulfill efficiently the requirement of mod ern business and the needs of the people. This, O'Hearn believes, calls for two primary requisites: (a) A fixed monetary valuation between wheat and sliver; (b) a flexible monetary calculation as between the new ill ver-wheat standard and gold. O'Hearn suzgeets that Inasmuch as one ounce of sliver and one bushel of wheat are now approximately at the same price, the future standard of value for all commodities and services be on the basis of one ounce of silver equalling one bushrl of I wheat. 4 DEGREES; ENTIRE VALLEY CHILLED Ten Degrees at Ten o'clock Last Night Frozen Water Pipes Nettle Residents, But Plumbers Are Busy Oregon: Fair and . continued cold Sunday; Monday Increasing cloudiness, rising temperature west portion; moderate easterly winds offshore. With the thermometer down to 10 degrees at ten o'clock last night, officials at the local branch oi tne U. S. weather bureau predicted cold er weather for early this morning surpassing Saturday morning's mini mum of 4 degrees registered Be tween 6:30 and 7:30 o'clock. For the first time in many years, Rogie river was reported frozen over at Bybee bridge, according to reports yesterday. Forecasts for today were "contin ued cold," the same prediction as has been handed out since Wednes day, and which has enveloped the Rogue river valley as well as tne entire state In one of the severest cold snaps of weather bureau his tory. The maximum reached on Satur day was 26 degrees, about three o'clock and the mercury continued lt downward movements steadily with 13 above being recorded about eight o'clock. Since the extreme weather grasped the southern Oregon area, Thursday morning weather bulletins listed the minimum at 16 above, on Friday at 10 above, and Saturday 4 above. A light snow ushered the freezing temperature in early Thursday morning, and only at short inter vals had any of It melted, with ce forming at each lowering of the temperature. Medford firemen experienced dif ficulties "Friday evening extinguishing a fire on South Oakdale avenue, the water freezing In such a short time, making a glassed surface on the pavement. Icicles were prevalent. Firemen's clothes were frozen stiff by the time they had the blaze un der control, they reported. Many residents of Medford were having difficulties with water pipes and outlets at their residences, as the extreme weather from the plumbing where heat was not kept on during the night and early morn ing. Radiators of many cars were talso reported frozen. With a biting wind blowing and Ice on the pavement, the streets In Medford were nearly deserted yes terday, business houses experiencing one of the dullest pri-Christmas days In many seasons. Parking lots were vacant, and few cars were on the thoroughfare at any time during the day. Postmaster Guy Tex of Central Point, meteorologist for that town. reported to the Mall Tribune yes terday that the minimum for Cen tral Point between Friday night and Saturday morning was four degrees above zero. J, D. Hoist of the Rogue River na tional park wss a visitor In Medford yesterday, and reported that the tem perature reached seven below zero at Owen-Oregon camp No. 2 in the Butte Falls district Thursday morning, when a blizzard raged In the area. About an Inch of snow fell, accompanied by a high wind, he stated. ALIBI WITNESS LONG BEACH, Cal.. Dev. 10 (AP) Under technical arrest pending an Investigation of William James (Cur ly) Guy's alibi, Edward De Larm, an Indian aviator, was Incarcerated to night in a cell near the one In which Ouy la being held as a suspect In the murder Monday night of Cap tain Wanderwell, noted globe trotter. Information that De Larm was be lng detained as a material witness because of his knowledge of Ouy's whereabouts during the fore part of Monday right, came from city and county authorities, who said they were attempting to shatter Ouy's alibi that he was 30 miles distant from tfhe shooting. WIDOW F. R.'S WIFE SEATTLE. Dec. 10. (AP) Mrs Theodore Roosevelt, 71-year old wid ow of President Roosevelt, still in mourning for the late "T. R.M ar rived her today to take ship for Manila to visit her son during the holidays. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., is governor ge neral of t he Philip pine. "It is quite true. she said, "that when GuMfrnor Roosevelt was elect ed this fall I received many letters of congratulation on my hiuband'a election." GLOBE TROTTER KILLED IN MYSTERY OF SEA Capt. Walter Wanderwell (upper left), world traveler, was found shot to death aboard his yacht Csrma, docked at Long Beach, Cal. His widow, Aloha Wanderwell (upper right), furnished police with a picture of a man she knew ai "Guy" who was sought for questioning. Part of Wanderwell's crew for a round the world trip were (front row, left to right) Lord Edward Eugene Mantagu, London; Ruth Loucks and James Farrls, both of Portland, Ore.; Mary L. Smith, Atlanta, Ga.; Mrs. Cuthbert Wills, Los Angeles, and (standing) Forrest Plummer, Jack Craig. (Associated Press Photos) LEVY FOR STATE 19 MILLS, BELIEF State and county levy for the com ing year will "not be far from 10 mills,' In the opinion of County As sessor J. B. Coleman. The state levy la expected to be approximately 0.3 mills and the county levy between 13.5 and 14 mills. This does not Include the city and special road and school levies. To date only one Incorporated city of the county has filed with the county clerk Its city levy. Forty-one of the 101 school districts of the county have yet to submit their school budgets. The Jackson county levy, accord lng to present indications, will be a couple of mills less than last year. Publlo hearing of the budget is scheduled for December 33. The bud get committee made Its compilations after consulting with various tax or ganization committees and citizens. Later the efforts of the budget com mittee were endorsed. The coming session of the legisla ture, will govern in a large degree Vie future tax levies of the counties of the state and It Is expected that whatever tax relief measure la passed It will be the target of a special elec tlon. Two Items said to loom before the legislature will be reduction of auto license fees and sales tax. The fight Is expected to center on the latter. as there Is no opposition to a lower license. The State Orange has an nounced its opposition to a sales tax and the upstate and metropolitan chain stores are cited as also oppos ing It. The Jackson county budget com mlttee made no provision for funds for an election, as it figured the county could get by one year without vote upon any man or measure. The average Jackson county election costs M0O0. This year $8000 was allowed an there was both a primary and a general election. The assessors' office has not offi cially received the 1933 budget and will not until after the publlo hear ing. TAXPAYERS' MEET Meeting of all taxpayers of Jack son county, celled for Wednesday evening of this week for organiza tion of a tsxpayers lesgue, was post- poned yesterday, because of the weather, Oeorge Iverson, leader of the move, announced last night. All details of the meeting have br?en worked out and as soon as the weather moderates It will be held. Residents of the outlying districts are particularly Invited to attend the meeting and the postponement has been made for their benefit, Mr. Iverson explained, since It would be practically Impossible for them to attend while the exceptionally cold weather prevails. Taxpayers were also urja-d by Mr. Iverson yesterday to attend the bud get meeting of the city council De cember 15 and tlie meeting of the county court December 33. School Children Perish in Storm HELENA, Mont.. Dec. 10 (AP)- Caught In a blizzard while on the! way to school, the bodies of two little girls, aged nine and eleven, daughters of Victor Llnjatle of Cho- teau, Mont., wre found by a search lng party. The girls left home early Thursday. Their brothers, who pre ceded them, arrived safely at the , school. BIG DEPARTMENTS WASHINGTON, Deo. 10. (AP) A sharply cut money bill, for the first I time In many years carrying less than a billion dollars for the treas ury and postofflce departments, was recommended to the house today by Its appropriations committee. De-, creases brought the total for these two big departments down to $0fll, 410,000 for the next fiscal year. The cuts extended even to the coast guard, although Admiral Harry O. Hamlet, the commandant, told the committee he expected greater rum- running activities in the next two years. Hamlet said legalizing beer of low alcoholic content, which, the house ways and means committee Js consid ering, "will have no effect whatever on the smuggling of distilled spirits into Vie United States from the sea." But, despite that testimony, the proprlatlons committee recommended that his branch's allotment for 1034 be reduced from this year's 938,173, 000 to $25,773 ,000. L G.O.P. TO GIRD LOINS ANEW WASHINGTON. D?. 10. (AP) Republican leaders, looking to the future, met here today and decided upon a reorganization of the party. The arrival of Charles D. HI lies, national committeeman from New York and former national chairman of the Republican party, inspired the meeting. Among those present were Sena tors Watson, of Indiana, republican floor leader: Moses, of New Hamp shire: McNary, of Oregon;: Hastings, of Delaware and Hatfield, of West Virginia, chairman of the recent sen atorial campaign committee. Although there la a difference among partv leaders am to whether Mr. Hoover will consider another contest In politics, the concensus at the meeting was that a shake up In the organization la necessary to bring the party back Into power In four or eight years. Air Tragedy BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Dee. 10. (AP) Two men, tentatively Identi fied as L. O, Dunn, wealthy under taker of Des Moines, la., and Law rence B. Schmltt, 36, his pilot, were found dead tonight in the wreckage of Dunn's cabin plane. Officers said previous reports that three persons had died In the crash proved to be erroneous. Japan Asks Revisions In Naval Strengh Ratios GENEVA, Dec. 10. (AP) Naval re-1 ductlon proposals, which provide for revision of the existing tonnage ratios In respect to the United States and Great Britain and would improve the relative position of Japan, were submitted to the dtaarmament con. ference today by the Japanese gov ernment. Asserting that sny new limitation agreement should mean greater sacri fices for larger navies than for smaller ones, the Japanese presented concrete reduction suggestions which would make the ratio 10-10-8 7 in total tonnage Instead of the existing 5-6-8. The number of unite would be on a basis of ll-lt-8. Rwiurtlon proposals apply to all classes of vessels. Unit tonnages TRAIL PRISONER ESCAPES DEPUTY UPON W EAST ROCK. Til.. Dec. 10. (AP) The elusive Robert W. Wockner, 31, was captured first the day after an offi cial of the Sumner State bank of Stockland, HI., was kidnaped October 18, 1051. He escaped. Later, Jack sonville, Fla., authorities reported they had & line on him, and still later, from California came word he was seen. But Wockner evaded ef forts to apprehend him. Last month officials In Medford, Ore., said they bad Wockner under arreBt. Sheriff Erriest Phelps left here and started back with ,his prisoner. Cog nizant of Wockner's reputation, the sheriff took no chances. He chained Wockner to jhim, Wockner slept In an upper berth and the sheriff In a lower berth as Phelps returned the prisoner. Somewhere, the sheriff said, be tween La Crosse, Wis., and Savan nah, 111., this morning the aherlff woke up. He had nice piece of chain attached to him but no prls oner. Wockner waa arrested by state po lios here two weeks ago yesterday In a trapper's cabin at Trail, where he had come from the coast. He had relatives near Trail, and at Gold Beach. He was held In the county Jail, wanted by both California and Illinois authorities. The latter state, where he waa charged with kidnaping a banker, was granted custody of the man. Sheriff Phelps arrived In Med ford Monday and started east with bis prisoner. While in Jail here Wockner told of the "slick" manner In which he es caped from officials nesr Gold Beach and boasted he would escape the law again. Young Pacifists Declare Selves WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. (AP) A delegation of 10 young men and women, representing the United Youth Conference Against War, to day deposited with one of President Hoover's secretaries, a statement that they would resist war to the utmost and would go to Jail before they would fight. Polish Envoy Named WARSAW, Poland. Dec. 10. (AP) Stanislas Patek, Polish minister at Moscow, has been appointed ambas sador to the United States, it was announced today. Bolivian Victory LA PAZ. Bolivia, Dec. 10. (AP) Three hundred Paraguayan soldi be rs were reported from Fort Munoa to have been killed In violent fighting In the Chaoo at kilometer seven in the fl saved ra sector today. would be restricted as follows: Capi tal ships to 39.000 tons: class A cruta. era to 8000: class B cruisers to 6000; destroyers to 1500 and submarines to 1800. Gun calibres In each respec tlve class would be 14 Inches, 8 Inches, 6.1 Inches, and 6.1 Inches for de strove rs and submarines. Under the Japanese plan, the cap! tal ship tonnage of the United States and Britain would be limited to 378,' 000. Japan's corresponding limit would be 300.000. Fance and Italy would have s max. mum tonnage of 150.000, with the number of unit not determined. In class A cruisers, the United otatei and Britain each would have 06.000 tons and 13 units: Japan 80.000 tons and 10 units, and France and Italy 56,000 tons and 7 units. DEMOCRATS FIGHT AMONG SELVES IN Senator Robinson Slated for Demotion As Party Leader Pat Harrison to Take Place Drys Die Hard (Copyright by McCIure Newspaper Syndicate) By PAUL MALLON. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. DEMO CRATS A tussle is quietly going on insiae tne Democratic party In con gress. It will lead to the installation of Senator Pat Hnrrlsun as senate leader In place of Senator Robinson before another year. You can mark that hange down In your memo book as only a question of time. Meanwhile the underlying feeling is furnishing background for the dally events you are reading about In con gress. The RoCrSaVAlt-niLrnM lHilatnM muttanvt Tilnntv untia hMitha when Robinson announced his belief inai uarners pronmition repeal reso lution would be modified In the Ben in. Robinson' nnrnH Innnonf. statement furnished leadership for that group of southern drys which dry to the core. No platforms or vic tories can change their hearts. It mav altar itt mtKIM fatAm.n but down underneath they still think xne ary way i nest. They do not want to (ro as far as trie wet would lead them. That Robinson statement onlv called attention to a situation long brewing. The Wheelers and Dills never liked Robinson's leadership. It was too con servative. They never did anything about it until Huey Long went Into Arkansas and elected. Mrs. Caraway over Robinson's temporarily inert; form: "-'k' .t.'-r- ' --. That would not have been so bad for Robinson, but he then remained -out of the Roosevelt movement, even after the convention. Those In charge of the campaign were privately say- (Continued on Page Ten) FACES GALLOWS KLAMATH PALLS, Ore., Deo. 10 (AP) A Jury voted hare today to hang Theodore Jordan, young negro, for the murder of F. T. Sullivan, white Southern Paclflo dining ear steward of Oakland, Calif., here this lant aummer. The jury received the case at 11:90 a.m., and went out to lunch for one hour at noon and returned th. verdict at 1:18 p. m. If Jordan la hung he will be the first man to be hanged from Klamath county since 1913. Jordan beat Sullivan over the head with a gas pipe while the steward slept on the car which waa being switched In the railroad Tarda here june s ana suiuvan aiea in Ban Fran cisco on October 15, sfter lying un conscious from the night he was at tacked. Will Rogers BEVERLY HILLS. Cal., Dee. 9 An awful lot of people are confused as to just what i meant by a "Inme duck con gress." It's like where gome fellows work for you and their work wasn't satisfactory and yon let 'em ont, but after yon fired 'em you let 'em stay long enough ao they could burn yonr house down. Ton know that Ruth Bryan Owen, the congr?sswoman who had always been a prohibition ist and tvas defeated in the pri mary on it; you got to give her credit. When she saw that the vote was against it, why she held no revenge but voted with the repenlists. So there you have a woman with more nerve than a lot of men, 9 lilt. dwiU (nshaH. Isa,
