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Newspaper Page TextMedford Mail Triune The Weather .Forecast: Parti cloudy, with (of tonight and Friday. Moderate tem perature. Hit-neat yesterday 48 Lowest thla morning M Paid-Up Circulation People who pay tot their newspapers art th beat prospects tor th adver tiser. A. B. O. circulation la paid up circulation. Thla newapapat la a. B. 0. r 1 Twenty-Seventh Year MEDFOKD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1933. No. 250. .4 EMTTEST ta-EETDiaffi Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS. HERE la the opening paragraph ot a Chicago dispatch yesterday: " Forecasts of a cold wave led to lata rallies In wheat prices today that suddenly hoisted tbe market about 914 cent a bushel." Because tha traders reasoned thla way: "An extreme cold wave will be apt to freeze out winter wheat acreage. That will tend to reduce the available supply of wheat. Reduc ing the supply will cause the price to rise." So the tradere BUY in anticipation of the rise. Their buying sends the prices up 214 cents per bushel. For that one day, at least, there were more buyers than sellers. AND HBRS la the opening para graph of a New York dispatch yesterday: ; "Influenced by a rise of a centa to 9V4 cents a bushel In wheat, atocks rallied smartly In the last hour ot trading on the stock exchange today?-' THAT prompts this question: "Why should a rise In the price of wheat cause a rise in the prices of stocks?" Ain we must go back to the traders for an answer. They probably reasoned like thla: A riae in uw prloe of wheat will increase the buy ing power of wheat fanners. Increased buying power on the part of farmers will cause Increased business activity, which will make the stocks of Indus trial concerns WORTH MORE." So again, you see. the traders buy In anticipation of the rise. THE Interesting' point is thla: Anv Increase, even prospective, In the buying' power of farmers In spires IMMEDIATE confidence in tno future of business. That la to say. Just as soon as agrl culture begins to Improve business will get better. inTrATTTNn of lmnrovement In busl- t neas conditions, here la a, rule quoted to thla writer yesterday by D B. Alexander, of Klamath Palls: : "The first sign of Improvement in the lumber business la usually the appearance of new roofs, or repaired roofs. It la the roof that turna tne water, so reablngllng Is about the first repair to buildings that people shn- tlv HA VIS to mike." If you will note carefully aa you drlva around over the country, you will see a considerable number of new roofs, or repaired roofs, these days, Let us hope the sign la significant. nam. ALEXANDER, who 1 a big If I farmer east of the mountains hasn't much use for the farm board or for the government's general pol ler In regard to farming. He says: "The trouble with the wheat mar ket Is that too much wheat la being grown, causing aupply constantly to exceed demand. Yet the government, aa a part of He general farm relief policy, makes seed loans In order to enable more farmers to . sow more wheat and thus add still more to the available supply and thus hold down the m-toe ." In other words, government help to farmers la defeating Its own pur pose. w iorr Mr. Alexander sold prime 1 steers on the Ban Francisco market for 1714 cents a pound. In 1928, the price in Ban Francisco was around 14 cents. Now It takea a mighty good steer to bring 4 cents on the same market. The stock man has certainly been deflated, hasn't he? wm rmnwn. to t an understanding 1 of one of the great troubles now facing the country, and facing farm eia ia particular, let us suppose that beck In 1927, when prime steers were selling on the Ban Francisco market for 1714 cents, a stockman made a loan which he has not yet paid. If he paid that loan now. It would take FOUR TIMES as many steers aa were represented by the loan when he made It. That la one of the sad effects ot deflated prices. Unemployed Meet At 7:30 Tonight There will be a meeting tonight at 7:30 o'clock of the Medford Aaao elatlon of the Unemployed, Harry Moore, manager of the association announced taday. The meeting will be held in the auditorium of the coir" ccu-i'-.ocsr anS importar.l GR0WO0N STEPS Most of Listeners Present Out of Curiosity Peti tions Carry Fewer Signers Than Boasted Before Meet Jackson county's highly publicized piutest demonstration" was staged on the courthouse lawn this morning. An estimated crowd ot between BOO and 750 people were In attendance, though 3000 were expected by the promoters. Most of those on band came through curiosity. Many from the rural areas were present. At times the speakers were Interrupted by cries of supporters of County Judge rem demanding "Justice," "lower taxes," "run him out of the state," "where Is the Legion," and "show me a Le gion button." A number of women were In the crowd and shouted de mands. Amusement was caused when one woman shouted criticism of Com missioner Billings for a "curly-cue road up the mountain." The bantering generally waa gooo- natured, but at times was tinged with bitterness. For the most part, the session took on the aapect of a politi cal meeting, and speakers resorted to familiar slogans In the last campaign. Demand Resignations. Petitions, demanding the Immediate resignation of District Attorney George A. Codding, and Commissioner R. E. Nealon "unless you act In nar mony with the county court" were presented. The text also expressed confidence In the "honesty and in tegrity" of County Judge Fehl. and bis ability to carry out hla "policies and pledges." Blame for the dead lock In the county court was placed entirely upon the shoulders of Com missioners Billings and Nealon." ' Check of the names on the peti tions showed a total ot SS7, chiefly from the rural district. A goodly por tion of the signers were from the Rogue River, Wlmer and Evans Creek districts, with a fair representation from other parta of the county. Many algned the petitions later. Fehl Makes Speech. The opening speech of the demon stration was made by County Judge Fehl. who spoke In a characteristic manner, advancing many of the argu ments he found so successful In the primary and general elections. L. A. Banks, editor and orchardist, read a written and Inflammatory ad dress to the audience. He charged that "Jackson county la on the verge of ansrchy and chaos," and declared the county was "In the hands of the gang, who have fattened at the pub- 110 purse for 15 years." He called the attention of his hearers to the Dahack case, the P. A. Bates case, the libel suits against the News, and hla remarks were typical of the views ex pressed In his editorials. A small por tion of the crowd clapped approval. Asks Coddlng's Scalp. Aa the climax of hla remarks. Banks demanded the "Immediate resignation and Indictment of District Attorney George A. Codding." The editor fairly screamed his denunciation of the dis trict attorney. The remainder of his remarks were spoken In a loud, but well-modulated voice. Banka blamed the district attorney's office for what he designated aa "a break- (Continued on Page Three) NEWS LOSES PLEA TO HALT HEARING In the suit of the News Publish ing company, former owners of the Dally News, against the Medford News Publishing company and L. A. Banks, owner, ' for foreclosure, the plea in abatement of the Medford News Pub lishing company was overruled ty Judge !. O. Lewelllng of Albany, ac cordlns to decision received here to day. Announcement of the present status cf tha case waa made by New bury and Newbury, attorneys for the plaintiff. Claiming that the News Publishing company. L. B. Tuttle president, waa a dead organization without power to file ault aa a corpointlon, M. O. Wllklns. attorney for Banks and the Publishing company, filed the plea with Judge Lewelllng. Attorneys for the plaintiff at the same time filed a complaint ahowlng that few had been paid to the cor poration commissioner. Judge Lewel llngs decision, handed down today, places the ease back In the same posi tion aa when It was first filed. The defendants will be allowed until January 20 to make further plea. Oregon Weather. Pair east and partly cloudy with valley fog west portion tonight and -'-'-- Tt.-.'fr-if- t -tr "''re: zen 4 us, jiuht j uioa oyahon,. Barnes Sales Tax Bill Will Be Introduced GLASS BILL MAY BRINGIPRISAL Threatening to Block AH Legislation to Force Con sideration Currency Infla tion and Relief Measures WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. (AP) The hoose tonight approved the Democratic emergency farm relief bill, embodying the domestlo al lotment plan, and sent it to the senate. WASHINGTON. Jan. 12. (AP) Threats to block all, legislation to force consideration of currency In flation and hunger relief were made today on the senate floor and In the lobbiea. - Talk continued of plana to Invoke the drastic cloture rule to break the filibuster against the Glass banking bill. Senator Long. (D., La.), who today entered hla third day of delaying tac tics to klU the Glass bill. Joined Sena tore Wheeler, (D., Mont.) and Thomas (D.. Okla.). In efforta to force cur rency relief. Invoking of cloture to limit debate, which requires a two-third vote, only reached the discussion state. Those talking about It hesitated to start circulating a petition to obtain the necessary 18 signatures to bring It up. because sufficient votes were believed lacking. Reports were circulated that sena tor Fletcher, (D, Fla.) waa preparing a cloture petition, but he denied It- Wheeler Interrupted Long's flltbus' ter to say that unleaa legislation to Inflate the currency la enacted he would be "perfectly willing to stop all legislation until congress wakes up to the necessity of doing something." 1 L AQUA CAHENTB, Mexico. Jan. 12 (AP) Paul Runyon, professional from Whit Plains, New York, stepped Into a temporary lead in the second round of the Agua Calient open golf tournament today by burning, the par 72 course with a 69 for a 36-hole total of 143 stroke. A sparkling 32, four under, on the first nine, gave Runyon hla low card, for he came 'back with an unsteady 87, one over par. A stroke behind moved Archie Hambrlck, Zanesvllle, Ohio, pro, with 14. He took a 74 to. day to tie In with hla 70, two under, which put him Into second place yes terday on the first round. BETTER STOCK IS DAIRYMEN'S NEED Chaa. A. Wing waa chief speaker last evening at the meeting of ttie Southern Oregon Dairy association at the county court house, and devoted his talk to the necessity for breeding better milk cows and for testing and culling down herds. There are 8000 dairy cowa In Jackson county, he stated and of thla cumber 8000 are not paying their board. Jackson county now ranks third In the state in butterfat, he announced, and with the adoption of stringent testing It la hoped to accomplish and even higher ranking. Other speakers were 3- T. Newbry and representative of the Central Point cheese factory. John Anderson of Central Point waa appointed to bead a committee on plana for cele bration of the opening of the Central Point factory. Six Scheduled For Sing Sing's Electric Chair OSSINTNa. K. T., Jan. 12 (AP) By next Thursday night, If the mills of the law grind on schedule, there will be alz fewer tenant In th grimmest of all houses the Sing Sing prison death house. Those to die tonight are Peter (Crazy) Ham, who killed Michael Vassll by mistake while shooting at an Olean, K. Y, policeman: and Thomas Carpenter and Charles Bates, who slew a Bronx grocer In a holdup. Those doomed to death next Thursday are B1U (Two-Oun) Tur ner, killer of a man In a Manhat tan apeakeasy holdup; Alexander Nunea, wbo killed hi wife and child In Yonkers. and Vincent Oar. il of Ntnasra Falls. E AT JEHOL GATES Planes Scouting Over Capi tal of Chinese Province Sharp Fighting Predicted by Military Leaders By Monies J. Harris. SHANGHAI, Jan. 12. (AF) Jap anese airplanes were reported scout ing today over Jehol (Cheng-Te) for mer aummer residence of the mau chu emperors and now the capital of Jehol province, and Qhaoyang, near the Manchurlan border. These are the two principal oltles of Jehol, about 140 miles apart. Chinese newspapers, which report ed the sighting of the planes, also announced receipt of dispatches from southern Jehol and Manchuria stat ing that Japanese were engaged in feverish preparations for an invasion of Jehol. Sharp Fighting Looms. Military leaders predicted sharp fighting If a Japanese expedition al ready In the ancient Chinese pro vince continued an advance toward Llngyuan, about. 100 miles northeast of Jehol City. (Llngyuan I about 80 mllea north west of Shanalkwan and the section of the great wall of China where Slno-Japaneae fighting has occurred (Continued on Page Four) T ALBANY, Ore., Jan. 12. (AP) A 1000-pound - muzzle loading ' cannon, which had rested on the bottom or the Willamette river here for more than 70 years, waa on display today, following Its accidental recovery by a dredging crew. And old-timers were recalling how the gun happened to be there In the first place. They agreed the cannon waa brought to Albany by ardent Re- publlcana to celebrate the victory ot President L'ncoln in 1881. The roar of the gun waa never heard, how ever, as several of the Jeffcrsonlans moved the old weapon to the river bank and let it slip to the bottom before the Republican bad a chance to fir It. VETERANS APPLY F Announcemen was made today by I. D. Canfleld, commander of. Veter ans of Foreign Wars, Post No. 183S, here, that all A. E. F. veterana en titled to receive the Verdun medal should mak application to Aim or A. D. Collier,- quartermaster, whose office la at the Weatern Union. Mr. Canfleld atates that the medal la given by the city of Verdun, France, and those entitled to receive It must have seen service in the Meuse-Argonne or St. Mlhlel sectors or the Argonne forest. Those apply ing for th medal are requested to show their discharge papers. Oregon Motor Deaths Growing PORTLAND, Jan. 12(AP) Mo tor falallttee In Oregon Increased about 20 per cent In 1032 as com pared with 1631, according to Dr. E. B McDanlel, president of the Oregon Motor Association, who la compiling final figure. Portland figure, already complet ed, show leas traffic fatalities. In pro portion than other sections of the tat. Philippine Veto Message Looms WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (AP) Re publican house leader hev been in formed ihil s message vetoing the Hare Philippine Independence bill would be sent to congress today by President Hoover. Both Democratlo and Republican member were Instructed , by party leaders to be present In tb event the message 1 sent to congress today. Spanish War Vets Want Full Pension WASHINGTON, Jan, 12. (AP) The appeal of Spanish American war veterana against proposed reductions in their pension waa put before th Joint congressional commit, Oh veterans' legislation today by Rice W. Mean, chairman of th national Initiative committee of the United LEHMAN TAKES wssssswsjpjBSsig'PM j.iuaia,y''y'.''''U.',77 . ( Col. Herbert H. Lehman (center) waa congratulated on his Inaugura. lion a New York state' new governor by two of hla predecessor, President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt and former Governor Alfred B. 8mlth. (Associated Press Photo) . EX-TROJAN CAPTAIN HELD IN PLOT TO MURDER WIFE LOS ANGELES, Jan. 12 (AP) Aa the reault of what police charge waa hla plot to have his wife main, Oernld A. Craig, 89, captain of tha 1916 University of Southern California football team, was held In the city Jail today on a police charge of attempted Chief of detectives Joseph F. Taylor accused Craig of planning to pay killer 300 to beat Mrs. Ethel Craig, hla 40-year-old wife, to death with a steel bar In their home in order he might gain control of a Joint estate estimated at 90,000. Chief Taylor charged he was ap proached a week ago by a former friend of Craig, who revealed that Craig waa seeking some on to kill his wife. The former friend. Chief Taylor charged, had been approached by Craig with the proposition to kill Mrs. Craig, but had asked for time to consider the proposal, and in the meantime had notified police. Deteetlv Lieutenant Thome B. Bryan, member of the police homi cide squad, disguised and posing as "Buckeye" Bryan, an eastern gangs ter, aald he approached Craig, saying he had learned he had "a killing Job." Brvan alleged Craig offered him $100 to kill his wife, but later agreed to Rive 300. Craig, Bryan said, made all arrangements for the officer to enter the home and supplied the. piece of steel with which he was to kill Mrs. Craig. Bryan was to obtain a ring from Mrs. Craig and deliver It to Craig a proof he had killed the woman, the officer stated. Mrs. Craig was Informed of the al leged plot against her yesterday. She waa taken to the police station, where she gave the officer one of her rings. Craig, however, tailed to keep his ren dezvous with Bryan and was arrested when he drove up in front of hla home. Police on searching the house, round the piece of steel In a closet where Bryan aald Craig told him It would be placed. Craig denied any !r"'"!' or ine plot. Mr. Craig said the only Inti mation ahe had of an estrangement between herself and her husband came several week ago, when she 'sus pected him of being Interested In an other woman." "The Incident passed off, however. and I had thought nothing of It in recent days." Mrs. Craig told police. "I am horrified." Craig, for the past several years, has been auperlntendent of a truck garage. Mrs. Craig Is tne former ninei Morley of Los Angeles, and la promi nent In club circles. About 100 resident of the Ashland Talent district gathered at a road hearing thla morning, with Ccmmla aloner Billing and state highway engineers, and discussed the proposed change in the Paclflo highway be tween th two cities. Th meeting felt that then should be no change In th route, snd that th money should be expended for the benefit of roads already con- Btni-trf Ren1ntlnnK this effect ROOSEVELT'S JOB murder. LUCKY TO ESCAPE - An editorial In th OranU Pass Courier, captioned "Jack-on Tumult Shows Our Good Fortune," congratu lates Josephine county on 1U escape from the political battles which have torn Jackson county for the past three years. The editorial In full follows: Threats of violence in Jackson county that border on mob rule and red revolution brings sighs of relief from every Informed Josephine coun ty citizen that our own new county administration Is functioning smooth ly. efficiently and with good humor snd consideration. That Jackson county situation, now Is a corker. It is the "trlmph" of a brand of Journalism that Grant Pass knows nothing about and we can all hope it never will. The immediate occurrences in our lamented neighboring county are compacted enough. The voters elect ed a most unrestrained candidate for oounty Judge, probly because he waa Just the kind of oounty Judge they wanted. But the Judge Is only one vote out of three on the county commission, and it looked like his hands would be tied, until one of the commlssionere decided he could not stomach the trouble he waa In for and quit. Which left the conservatives in (Continued on Page Pour) T HEARI 111 FRIDAY MORNING . Rearing of a motion to quash In th recount petition of former Sheriff Raich Jennings agalnai Sheriff oor don I. Bchermerhorn will be heard tomorrow morning In circuit court, before Circuit Judge O. T. Sklpworth of Lane county. Judge Sklpworth telephoned late Wednesday afternoon that he would not be able to come until then. Th argument were scheduled first to be heard this morning. The present matter before tha court Is of a routine nature, and will be chiefly concerned with legal argu menta. There will be no recount. If any. until a decision on the motion to quash 1 handed down. There is considerable legal red tape to unravel before the actual counting of the bajlot aiiftSj Jawyrs njr, 1 TAX MEASURES OF SPECIALSESSION Message Calls Attention Fi nancial Condition of State -'Spending Debauch' Is Blamed for Predicament BALEMi Jan. 12. P) A three per cent general sales tax with a home stead exemption feature, will be In troduced In the house later today by the Jackson county delegation, it was announced by Representative E. O. Kelly of Medford. One-third of the revenue from the sales tax until 193" will go to the state and the re malnder to the oounty, to be de posited in the oounty homestead ex emptlon fund. After 193o all pro ceeds will revert to this county fund. The salea tax proposal follows the general plan of the bill defeated by the special session, with the excep tions of the homestead exemptions and Increasing the tsx from two to three per oent. The act will become effective May 1, 1939, and will be continuous. All homesteads within the state, the bill provides, ahall be exempt from all property taxea up to an assessed valuation of aidOO. The ex emption not only includea any atate tax on property but for oounty and school purposes aa well. Further provisions of the bill state that any soldiers already receiving nronerty tax exemption from the state shall not be entitled to home stead exemption under th act, but ha may com, under th exemption by foregoing other exemptions allow ed by raeason of military service, Other exemptions from tne act, as outlined in th general sales tax proposal previously defeated include gasoline, sale of dealers lor resale, Insurance premium and bank now subject to the excise tax. 0AUBM, - Jan. 19. (P) Governor Julius I. Meier today vetoed the 3 ntlll property tax repeal measure and the bill placing the atate on a war rant basis. Both were enacted by the special session. Messages ac companying the governor's vetoea were read at a recessed meeting a th house Vhl noon. In returning th veto of th tax repeal, tha governor Issued a long statement In which he stated he "would take this opportunity to lay before you certain fact regarding the financial condition of the atate." In common with other atate. Ore gon for th last 30 years has been on a spending debauch," the gov ernor declared. 'In our orgy of extravagance we hava considered the publlo purse bot tomless and publlo credit Inexhaust ible. "A year or so ago the combined an nual tax collection of th federal, atate and local government In Ore gon approximated aioB.000,000. '"Fifty odd millions were collected annually in Oregon In taxea on real property, of which some forty-three million represented local taxes levied by th atate' 1183 local tax-ralslng bodies. "In addition, the atate had a net bonded and warrant Indebtedness ot around tles.000,000, the second great est per capita Indebtedness in the United States. "During th past U year the state of Oregon ha paid Interest totaling ,28.000.000 on this indebtedness, ana It 1 estimated that before our bonds are matured and retired the state will pay an additional ,27.000,000 Is Interest." FIFI WIDENER IN Tl RENO, Nev., Jan. lil. (AP) Jose phine (Plfl) Wldoner. Philadelphia heiress, whose elopement at the ag of 17 launched her first matrimonial venture, waa a bride tday for Vie third time a a reault of her mar riage here to Aksel O. P. Wlchfeld, former Washington, D O., Danish le gatlon attache. Th mamas performed last nignt at the home of William woodburn, Reno attorney, followed by a few houra Wlchfeld' dlvoro from th former Mabel! Swift on th ground of cruelty. Th ceremony waa per formed by District Judgs Clark J. Guild who granted the divorce. Mis Wldener'a first husband was Carter Randolph Leldy, with whom she eloped. They were divorced. She la th daughter of Joseph E. Wide ner, wealthy Philadelphia sportsman Mr. and Mrs. Wlchfeld aald tbey planned to spend a honeymoon In southern California. Portland J. H. Hoo rater opened body and fender work at 334 Grand I venue. DEMOCRATS DOING SOME PHENAGLING ON BUDGET VOTE House Leaders Return From New York Set Against In crease in Normal Taxes Stock Quiz Looks Queer By PAUI, MALLOW. Copyrighted by McClure Newspaper Syndicate. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 The Demo crat are doing a little phenagltng of their own on thla budget balancing business. That New York meeting waa not as harmonious aa it appeared. Rouse Democratic leaders came back swear ing privately they would never vote for the Increase In normal taxes. It would hit nearly forty million neo- ple now employed. Their burden would be unprecedented. That means 40, 000,000 voters. The sole purpose now Is to main tain confidence in government bonds. That purpose la being accomplished. Speaker Oarner and Rouse Leader Bainey were two who were not exactlv satisfied with the tax Increase pro- Bioin. uarnera mends had the Idea that the obnoxious proposal would lead th boys around to hi sales tax before the end ot thla thing. Ralney waa boiling alncerely about socking the people with Incomes between 2000 and tSOOO a year. The reelings ot the house bov werA almost disclosed In the Inertia of Chairman Collier of the ways and mean committee. Re speak only upon prompting from Darner. Re turning from New York, be announced ne aid not know when hla committee would get around to holding hearings on the income tax feature. . If this stock market Investigation collapse waa not a deal, It was th moat powerful coincidence since Noah built the Ark and the animal came In out ot th rain. One day last week Chairman Nor beck let the word seep out tbat hla threatened seauattcnal Inquiry prob ably would not be held. Th same day It was announced In New York that the bankers had de cided to float a 7 per cent loan for the city. They had been refusing to do It for moUiit. That very day also. ' the alas banking bill cam up la th senat and there were no moan of anguish rrom new York bankers who are on- posed to It. So much harmony hardlr seems right. Apart from definite maturities three large Liberty Loan Issues be come callable this year and there Is talk of converting them If conditions are right. Th Issue Include BOO million dollars of first 414s. one bil lion four hundred million of first aVis ana th hug six billion dollar Issue of fourth 4 Vis. , Whet th bond market thinks of th possibility of going off the gold standard la shown by quotations on Consolidated Railway debenturea 4a. A series due In 1098 and payable In gold I selling around 40. A aerlea (Continued on Pag Pour) CoolidgeWill Up For Probate NORTHAMPTON. Mass., Jan. 13. (AP) The will of Calvin Coolldge. leaving all hla property to his widow, was filed In the Hampshlr county probate court thla afternoon. It con sisted ot 75 words In Coolldge own handwriting on a folded sheet of White House stationary. ROGERS BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Jan. 11-Bernard Shaw stopped over just long enough to make one speech in Bombay, India, start ed a war and 100 Indians killed each other. That's what I call good speech-making. The only enthusiasm any of our speakers can rouse is a demand to kill the speaker. Shaw is headed for Holly wood. We will buy one of his scenarios and he will just love us. ' . They got the beer thing so muddled up in this session of congress that it looks like the people will get to vote on it again in the next campaign. ffiiti MNMt rmt. to CJaui vl be tiected.