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Medford Mail Trf'iu The Weather Forecast: Cloudy with tog tonight. Saturday cloudy and unsettled with occasional rain. No change Highest yesterday , SO Lowest this morning 23 Paid-Up Circulation Psopl. who pay (at then ufapspM ire the frees prospect, (or the adver tisers. .V B. O. circulation U pud ap circulation. Till, nempaper I. a. a a NE Twenty-Seventh Year SraillBEiKlJ IPLEfl IJUEUg Comment on the Day's News l By FRANK JENKINS THIS writer dropped In yesterday on a Mend and found him going over hi. faoe with an odd-looking contraption about the size of a small potato masher. It was attached to a light .ocket, and made a buzzing noise somewhat similar to the warn ing of a peevish rattlesnake. Asked what the Bam HIU he was ' doing, he answered: "I'm .having." The darned thing was a new wrin kle In safety razors. YOU run It over your face DRY no lather: no. brush: no acces sories of any sort. You don't even wash your face alter you get through, unless you Just happen to feel that way. It work, like a lawn mower, and If you've handled It expertly your face la as smooth as a well-kept lawn A when you get through. The world Is sure moving along. Isn't It? NOW here Is a curious and quite significant fact In connection with these doodad.: ' They started out selling them for 39, but after a while machinery was applied to their manufacture and production grew, with the result that they cut the price to 15. They say that If sales keep on growing they'll be able to cut the price to 5 after a while. That, you see. Is what MACHINERY does. AS long as these razors, or face mowers, or whatever It 1. that they are properly called, were made by hand, In a alow and laborious way, the price was high prohibitively high. . But as soon as machinery was ap plied to their manufacture the price started down, and when they get around to mas. production with per fected machinery the price will come AWAY down. npHB first automobiles were made wholly by hand, and the price wa. so high that only the very rich eould afford to own them. Then, after a while, .omebodj learned how to make automobiles with machinery, and as soon as ma chine manufacture reached the mass production stage the price cam. so far down that nearly everybody could afford to own an automobile. Now we couldn't do without them. They have become an indispensable part of our modern life. IT 1 quite the fashion at the present moment to be wared to death by the menace of the machine or at least to pretend to be. You hear on .very .Id. this frightened statement: "The machine Is taking men's Jobs. After a while EVERYTHING will be t don. by machinery, and there will be no Job. left. . What will we do then?" I? you are wise! you will, restrain your fears. The machine ISNT going to ruin us all. Instead, when we learn properly to manage Its production, It will o oheapen the cost of all th. various things w. want and need In tnis modern day that EVERYBODY will be able to have more than ANYBODY has been able to have In the past. Just like automobiles. WHAT w. need' Is to learn to dis tribute the rewards for humsn effort EQUALLY enough to that each of us wul be able to exchange what he produce, for what the other fellow produce, without either being robbed , In the exchange. ' When we do that, there will no longer be any uch thing as over production, for human wants are un limited and the more we produce the more we will HAVE. "vETTWO back to this face mower, the manufacturer, look .for a large market for It among the WOMEN! If your grandmother' had been told In her youth that the time would come when women would provide major market for RAZORS, she would hare had a fit. If she Is still alive, she has learned that the world changes and that Strang, things do come to pass. The chance, are, If ahe Is a modern grandmother, ah. uses a razor herself. o H, no; the ladles don't use razors on their faces. Nothing like that, JContirrjecJ on fag. nve i . i SCHERMERHORN'S H -H MAN " ETO DENIEDBY JUDGE Skipworth Grants Ten Days for Further Move by In cumbent in Controversy Over Sheriff's Office Long step towards the early settle ment of the question of who la sheriff of Jackson county, was mad- this morning, . when Circuit. Judge a. F. Skipworth of Lane county, d tried a mt'tlon of attorneys for Sheriff Gor- I don L. Schermerhorn to quash the ! petition for a recount, filed by former Sheriff Ralph O. Jennings. The court I granted Sheriff Sohermerhora ten days In which to file an answer to the contest petition. The court said he would return here In ten days or two weeks to hear any further pro ceedings. Attorney E. E. Kelly, counsel fori Sheriff Schermerhorn with Attorney Frank DeSouza, held in arguments to the court, that the petition was faulty on the grounds that Sheriff Schermerhorn had not been connect ed with any of the alleged Illegal vot ing, and that under the corrupt Practice Act section on which the petition was baaed it was Imperative to show this. Neff Argues Contention ' Attorney Porter J. Neff, represent ing Jennings, argued that this con tention was not well taken, and not sustained In the general election law. or In the Corrupt Practice Act, and that the law Intended that a deter mination should he made. The chief point argued was wheth or Jennings had a right to file a re count petition, under the Corrupt Practice Act provisions. Attorney Neff argued that Sheriff Schermer horn had "absented himself from the state thus preventing the serving of citations within the required time, as provided by the general election laws. It was then necessary to file under (Continued on Page Three) AT AFTER ORATORY Calm prevailed at the county court house today, following the rather turbulent scenes, of yesterday, when an "Indignation meeting" was staged, and petitions filed with the county court, demanding the resignations of District Attorney George A. Codding and Commissioner R. E. Nealon of Table Rock, and further asking that Commissioner Ralph Billings of Ash land "work In harmony" with County Judge Jhl. - The county court meets again to morrow. Estimates of the crowd In attend ance vary, the figures running from 900 to 3500. It Is generally consid ered that the extremes are too low and too high. A count was made from an upstairs window of the peo ple in the "Inner circle" next the steps and where the cheering and booing originated. This count show ed 289 people there. It la estimated there were between 600 and 600 peo ple scattered around the fringes of the crowd, watching the proceedings. Included In the throng were many high school students and small boys. The Grant Pass Courier estimated there were 1200 people In sight, the Ashland Tidings 1000. Court officials and citizens, some who have been looking at crowds all their lives, plac ed the number all the way from 750 to 1500. The resignation petitions, when first filed, contained 887 names. It is said 200 or 250 signed the petition after the reception In the courtroom, with Judge Pehl at his desk, and I. A. Banks stationed at the exit door. There Is an unmistakable senti ment throughout the county that "the grandstanding at the courthouse should stop" and that "the county Judge work with the commissioners, the co mm 1m ton era work with the county Judge." The unfavorable pub licity attached to the unsettled con dition Is also receiving adverse com ment. The only thing upon which all agree la that the situation Is due to politics. Peasant Woman Will Be Hanged 8ZEOEDIrf, Hungary. Jan. 13. (AP) Victoria Plger. a SO-year-old peas ant woman charged by the .tale with killing two men, was convicted of murder today and sentenced to ne hanged. The .t.te charged the was retained by two women to murder their husbands, and that ahe hanged them to rafter. In their own barn.. BALTIMORE, Jan. 13. &) The historic fifth ifgiment armory of the Maryland National Guard was ae stroyed by fire early tocey, at a pc I aisle loss of 1 .000,009. FIGHT El WEEKJNCAP1T0L Introduction of 54 Bills, Heated Debate and Back ing of Veto Highlights Opening Days of Session By CYAYTON V. BERNIIARD Associated Press Staff Writer. SALEM, Jan. 13. (AP) Introduc tion of 64 bills In addition to a score of resolutions and memorials, one heated debate and a large vote to sus tain the governor'a veto were the of ficial results of the first week of the Oregon legislature, but the biggest events were detected unofficially when the breach between the governor and state treasurer was widened, open hostilities begun between the two, and tho first detection of approach ing punch-packed legislation. Extra Session Undone. Members of both houses today had a breathing spell after almost ten days continuous session, Including the special assembly activities which started January 3. And the sum total of actual accomplishment on the sur face would appear to be one week of regular session to undo the entire proceedings of the special session But under, the surface a great deal has been done in legislative procedure. Taxation matters featured the new bills Introduced In the house, where 38 of the 64 proposals appeared. A three per cent general sales tax ex empting small home owners and a yield tax proposal on timber were among the major suggests acts. A selective sales tax on tobacco, malt and cosmetics also made lta appear ance as well as a measure to double the present Income tax rates, and re duce the exemptions. None of these measures have come out of commit tees. ; Hearing Set. Other house bills Include the re- ductlcm""or-8Tnmr ioan -interest and changes In the pawnbrokers' regula tions. A public hearing on these bills was set for Tuesday night' of next week. One of the high lights of the first week was the hearing accorded the so-called "hunger marchers.' Failure of the governor to deliver a biennial message at the opening of the session was also placed In the unique category. Automobile legislation also came to the fore with a senate bill proponing a 95 license fee for automobiles. Bills in the two houses declared for re ductions In . county salaries and ex penses of county officials. Consoli dation of finances of state boards and commissions with the general fund and force these commissions to ap pear before the state legislature for appropriations has been proposed. Veto Sustained. The debate witnessed In the house In the closing hours of the session (Continued on Page Nine) . L OHINOHOW, Manchuria, Jan. IS. (VP) Japanese .forces were reported today In control of another strategic town in southeast Jehol as they pushed their lines Into the ancient Chinese province. Japanese land and air forces turn ed their attack upon Yunganpao, about 160 . miles southwest of here, yesterday, and claimed a swift and decisive victory against a large force of Chinese defenders. Bombing planes laid siege to the town to aid the advance of a column of Japanese cavalry. Japanese sources said the Chinese troops were driven In hasty retreat. Reports were re celved at the Japanese military base here -that the town was a stronghold of the Chinese commander, Cheng Kuel-Lln. E PLAN IS BACKED WASHTNOTON. Jan. 13. W Thirty members of the so-called farm forum in the house have pledged themselves to support a measure calling for ft three billion dollar ex pansion of currency. These are members of the special currency committee appointed by Representative flumners (D., Texas), chairman of the forum, to study In flation proposals. Under the measure $3,000,000,000 In bonds would be Issued In Install ments of 81.000,000.000 and turned over to Federal Reserve banks, whlcb In turn would Issue currency in that amount, turning It over to the treas ury to be used In any way the treas ury sees fit; The proposal is to be considered to night by the full membership of the forum. MEDFOKD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1933. Kick" in Beer Cut by Committee; McNary 3.05 PER CENT AGREED ON FOR BREW STRENGTH WASHINGTON", Jan. 13. (AP) A modification of the house of repre scnatlves' beer bill waa agreed upon today by a committee of senators to provide 3.05 per cent beer instead of 3.2 per cent and also to allow wines. The house bill was drastically re written to make It airtight against constitutional objections. The committee will now report to the full judiciary committee, which must pass on the proposition before It reaches the senate. The new alcoholic content repre sents 3.8 per cent by volume aa com pared with the house figure or 4 per cent by volume. The committee attempted to re move constitutional . objections by avoiding a definition of what con stitutes an intoxicating beverage, but limiting the penalties of the Volstead act to those beverages above 3.05 per cent alcoholic content. Senator Walsh, Montana Democrat, explained the sub-committee adopt ed this percentage because It had been arrived at after a scientific study by a commission appointed by the Brtt!i parliament as non-ln- toxl eating. The language of the change In the new proposal, to limit penalties to beverages above 3.05 per cent, fol lows: "Nothing In the national prohibi tion act as amended and supple mented shall apply to any of the fol lowing, or to any act or failure to act In respect of any of the follow- lng containing more than 3.05 per cent of alcohol by weight: Beer, ale, porter, wine, similar fermented inalt or-vinotts-llquor, or fnlit Juices. " The sub-committee left untouched the clause of the house bill, taxing beer at $5 a barrel, and it will apply to all liquors permitted under the bill. Chairman Blaine, announcing the sub -committee's action, said the new draft would be submitted to the full Judiciary committee Monday. Blaine's sub-committe Is the one which recently drafted the prohibi tion repeal resolution now pending before the senate. Blaine Intends to make an effort to bring that resolution up within the next few days. E PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 13. (fp) New business amounting to 19,180. 000 feet was reported by the Western Pine association here today for the week ending January 7. This was about 3 per cent better than the previous week, but 04 per cent under the three-year average for January. The association said the figures were based on reports from 118 member mills In the western territory, only 20 of which were operating. Shipments were 15,369,000 feet and production 8,775,000 feet. This put production at a new low of 0.4 per cent of capacity as compared with 7 per cent for the previous week. Current orders were 11.8 per cent of sawmill capacity. HOOVER WILL REST FOR YEAR AT LEAST WASHINGTON. Jan. 13. (AP) White House aides announced today that President Hoover Intended to "rest for at least a year after March 4th. Mr. Hoover will return to his Palo Alto, California, home. One of the president's secretaries said Mr. Hoover had no intention of writing a book of history. Grange Council Meets Saturday With Local C. C. A meeting of the Jackson Coun ty Drang council with the legisla tive committee of the Chamber of Commerce has been called for Sat urday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the local chamber and a good at tendance of O rangers Is urged. Legislative matters relative to taxation wilt be discussed at the meeting In hope of accomplishing action through the state legisla ture, now meeting. The Jackson County Orange council Is composed of the master and two other members of each subordinate Orange In the county, and the chamber of commerce Is anxious to have all present here tomorrow. Promises Farm Bill Help AIMEE IN COMA; DOCTOR SAYS LIFE ENDANGERED LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Jan. 13. (AP) 111 for more than two years. Almee Semple Mcpherson Hutton, world famous evangelist, was report ed today by her physician to be In a coma. "Mrs. Hutton's condition Is frankly serious," said the physician, Dr. L. C. Audrain. "She Is In a state of coma. I do not choose, however, to discuss the nature of ,her ailment." The evangelist waa said to be con fined to her bed In the parsonage of Angelus temple, of which she Is pas tor. Mrs. Hutton has been reported se riously ill on numerous occasions during the past two years. Her Ill ness began with a nervous break down. Later, while on a honeymoon trip to Central America with her husband, David L. Hutton, Jr.. ahe contracted a tropical Illness. Several months ago, when her hus band lost a breach of promise suit to Myrtle St. Pierre, a nurse, the evangelist fainted on being told the news. Bhe fell to the concrete floor of her ome and at that time was reported to have suffered a fracture of the skull. Two weeks ago, Hutton reported bis wife was seriously 111 and was confined to her bed. A few days later, Mrs. Hutton announced she would leave on an around-the-world trip by herself to visit her missions. At that time she took, occasion to deny there had been any trouble be- Barnes Beams as Bill Is Formally Introduced Into State Legislature By MARY GBEINER KFLLT. salem. Or... Jan. 13. (Spl.) and haircut, th. Jackson county homestead bill was formally introduced before th. house Thursday afternoon by two of Its sponsors, Earl Day and Edward Kelly. LIBBY S BABY IN TO. CURB VISITS PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 18. (AP) The three day old .on of Mrs. LlbbJ Holman Reynolds was removed to an other room today where he "can't be reached except with an acetylene torch." John N. Hatfield, superintendent of the Pennsylvania hosplt&l, where the baby was born to th. widow of 8mlth Reynolds, found fatally shot- In hi. Winston-Salem home last July, said this precaution was taken because "we can't have people trying to see him all the time." Since birth the baby had been kept on the seventh floor nursery of the maternity department. It Is still In, Its "hot-bed," the modified Incubator, the superintendent said. Mrs. Reynold, has not yet wen her son. Dr. Norrls Vaux said It might b. dangerous to move him for some time. He said the mother Is "very anxious" to see her son. , PROVES DAY LUCKY Today la Trlday the thirteenth, but It didn't bring bad luck to Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Albright It brought a eon, weighing seven pounds and three -fourths ounces. The baby was born this afternoon Jn the Purucker Ma ternity home. Mr. and Mrs. Albright are well re membered as the couple married last year at the Medford Dally News, where Mr. Albright waa then employed m printer. Mother and baby were reported get ting along nicely this afternoon. IGWOODLI ill AQUA CAL1ENTE, Mex, J.n. 13. (AP) Back In the atrld. which mad. him th. leading money winner of the western golf tournaments. Craig Wood of Deal, N. J., stepped Into the lead In th. third round of th. Agua Callente .7,500 open golf tour nament today with a total of 317 stroke,. Other .core. Included Prank 8cba ier, Balem, Ore, ITS withdrew, Almee Semple McPherson Mutton tween herself and her husband. Last week she left her parsonage to ob tain a passport for the world trip. During services at Angelus tmple on recent nights, aides of the evan gelist have made efforts at raising money to "send Bister (As Mrs. Hut ton Is known to her followers) away on a vacation tour before It Is too late." It was announced that more than 92000 had been collected. Alter a constitutional .have, massage Beaming witn parental jriat, J. u. "Pupa" Barnes (who also sported a new haircut In celebration of the event) early grabbea a gallery seat directly behind a pillar. Here he watched out of the corner of his .ye, th. effect his brain child had on house members. True to the role of parenthood, Mr. Barnes has unwavering faith In his mental offspring. He frankly admitted this morning that If the proposed Jackson county bill were announced unconstitutional, In any respect, there was something wrong with the an nouncer. One thing la certain. The good wishes of a host of Jackson county taxpayers are with Mr. Barnes and his bill, aa evidenced by the floods of letters received by him and the local delegation dally. Down the long corridors of 24 years, Joseph P. "Joe" Singer, eergeant-at-arms In the house of representatives, takes a rv occasional reminiscent stroll. Re did that this morning and was accompanied by a considerable audi ence. Ushering out the old and ushering in the new members of the house, Joe Is said to scarcely ever forget a iHce or name, whether It s because he Is a good politician or just kind, he lays claim to never having made an enemy during the 12 consecutive sessions he has served. Perhaps the one member he recalls with deepest affection Is the late Clif ton N. McArthur, who was responsible for Joe's long career as perennial ser geant at arms. (Continued on Page Six) SHELL MANAGER W. A. Rich, district manager for the flhell OH company, is In Mei ford today conferring with Ralph E. Jones, Shell maneger of the Medford territory. Mr. Rich predicted a mark ed improvement In bust new for the petroleum Industry during the 1033 season. In line with the alow but definite upturn In general condi tions throughout the country. As the Shell Oil company's ub stantlal contribution to Improved conditions In the weat, a five-day week has been adopted with no re duction in pay for company employes. This significant move will necessitate Increased personnel to meet Increase In spring and summer business an ticipated by Shell officials, Mr. Rich pointed out. The five-day week move without salary reduction for employes has al ready resulted In widespread good will for the Shell oil company, ac cording to Mr. RJdh, E SAYS G. 0. P. HEAD High Points of Bill WASHINGTON. Jan. 13. (AP) Chief provisions of tho emergency farm bill passed by the house and sent to the senate are: . Establishes minimum prices ap proaching the pre-war parity ra tio of seven commodities Wheat, cotton, tobacco, hogs, rice, dairy products and peanuts. Levies a processing tax to make up the difference between this level and actual farm prices, dis tributing the proceeds to farmers on their percentage of the domes tic consumption. Requires beneficiaries to reduce acreage and production, or, In the case of dairymen, not to Increase their output. Increases tariffs by the amount of the processing taxes. Levies the amount of the cotton tax on silk and rayon. Provides for administration by the secretary of agriculture and continues for a second year only by presidential proclamation. WASHINGTON. Jan. 13. (AP) Support for the Democratlo ferra bill If we can simplify It. make It prac ticable and bring It within the con stitution" was promised today by Chairman McNary, (R Ore.) of the senate agriculture committee. His comment waa In an Informal statement to nowspapermen after he had called the commltee to meet Mon. day to consider the bill. "I would' guess" he said, "that with some simplification of language and description of fair exchange value. and the probable monition of all agri cultural commodities, subject to the decision of tho department of agri culture with respect to which com modities the bill shall operate on, th. bill would bs reported out favor ably by the committee. "I am going to aupport It if w. can simplify It, mak. It practicable and bring It within the constitution, because In theory the quickest eco- (Continued on Page Six) PHILIPPINE VETO T W1ASHINOTON. Jan. lidPfVht house today passed th. Philippine Independence bill over 'the veto of president Hoover, The senate has yet to act. . The vote was 274 to 04. A two-thirds majority was nsces- sary. Senate prospects are uncertain, but In at least somo Informed admlnU tratlon quarter, there Is a fear that the senate will likewise vote sgstnst the President's position as recorded In a stinging veto message that had been read to the house but an hour or so before It voted. Friends of the leglslstlon chal lenged his contentions that the bill would do untold harm to the Islands, with "grave dangers of foreign in vasion snd war" entering Into the reckoning,. F. AND F. BANK All officer, were reelected yesterday at the annual meeting of th. Farmers snd Fruitgrower, bank. They era: Delror Oetchell. president; O. E. Gates, vice president: Fred Wahl, cashier, and Jasper Reynolds, asals tant cashier. Annual election was also held yes terday at the Eagle Point State bank and all the offlcera and director, ware re-elected. They are: J. F. Brown, president; W. H. Brown, cashier, who with the following compose the board of directors: I. L. Bradshaw, France. Campbell and W. H. Young. Jeweler Cancels Debts on Books KUOENB. Ore., Jan. 19 (AP) Friday th. thirteenth will be a lucky day for many cottage orov. re. denU. Declaring that In these stringent times esch must help the other. Frank Mendenhall, operator of a Jew, elry atore In that city, today an nounced the cancellation of all ac counts clue his .tor., starting the year with a eleaq slat. HEADS RENAMED No. 251. FORJALES TAX Congress Rumors Say Pub lisher in Personal Appeal President-Elect Refuses Radio City Rankles Copyrights by McClura Newspaper Syndicate. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. Th. .tory la runntnir arminri th rw.-.i.. cloakrooms about tho efforts of Pub- iianer William Randolph Hearst to persuade Mr. Roosevelt to end ore. mo saies tax. Hearst went person ally to th. pnnldent-elect with his appeal some weeks ago. Th. reply h. received was: "W. R X cant do It." Tb. presld.nt-elect Is supposed to favor adoption of obnoxious taxes Instead of those that will not be f.lt, Ilk. th. .ale. tax. If they are ob noxious he thinks they will be re pealed at th. first opportunity. If thev ara unnntfpMrf t.h u continued Indefinitely. Rockefeller's Radio City is ex tremely UnDODUlar With nt.hn- Nn Vork landlords. A high occupanoy rat. has been built up by offering space to prospective tenants at th. same per foot rental they ara cur rently paying elsewhere. Th. bulld- are attractive ana naiurauy a lot of tenants have taken advantage of tne oner, comments on th. noted Rockefeller philanthropy are add. Inside source, estimate that the total Rockefeller stake In Radio Cltr will run to the modest sum of 350 million dollars. There Is no chan"? of tho development earning even 1 per cent on this investment. The prediction la made from Informed quarters that the Rockefeller, will eventually write off 160 million dol lars of this with a grand gesture and try to get a fair return on what Is left. Th. present cost of the toy Is sos.ooo a day. The Metropolitan Life Insurance company owns a 60 million dollar first mortgage on the Center prop erty. The loan was written with a personal guarantee of payment from John D Jr himself. Another large foitune about to take a vigorous sock In the eye la that of the Guggenheim.. The Cossch ni trate monopoly In Chile under Gug genheim auspices 1. about to be cracked wlds open. The trick it that other American Interest, participating In Coeach have been guaranteed against loss by Gug genheim interests. Therefore they are not worrying but the Guggen helms are. A deal has been put through be tween Parley and the Tammany crowd which win give Tammany control of patronage In New York Olty and the Albany district and leaeve the rest of the state to the Lehman-Farley-Flynn setup. This Is a truce not a treaty of peace. The non-Tammany Demo- (Continued on Page Eight) WILL . ROGERS 'tntC BEVERLY HILLS, Cal. Jan. 12. "Well, let's see what we read in our daily paDer and then agitate folks' dinner with. "Democrats in clash in sen ate, Carter Glass and Huey Long fight over banks." Get your senate gallery seats now for the next four years, for there is going to be fun and amusement f or e e r y b o d y. "Bring the kiddies." Arguing over banks 1 1 didn't know there was sny left. "Debt issue flares tip again in Paris." It flared but didn't "flare up" enough to do us any financial good. Even at a French - statesman's salary it will cost Frauce more than 20 millions a year just to argue over it. . "Japan takes another hunk of China." That's a daily head line we don't pay any attention to any more. Japan 's alibis are the most interesting and unique thing about that war. Tours, mxyiil Jf aMft It "
