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Trip to Hawaii Prize in Tribune-Merchants Prosperity Drive Medford mail Tribune The Weather " Forecast: Unsettled Sunday, occas ional rain or snow. Little change In temperature. Highest yesterday 44 lowest yesterday 31 Paid-Up Circulation People who pay for their newspaper are the best prospects for the adver tisers. A. B. O. circulation la paid p circulation. This newspaper la a. B. a Twenty-Seventh Year MEDFOKD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 1933. No. 252. Im NICK KAYL HELD ARS0NPL0TTER Two Youngsters Of Earl " -Bryant Periled When At tempt Made To Fire Small Home Feeling Runs High Nick Kayl, 65, a resident of Cres cent Olty, Callt., and owner of a small house in Jacksonville, la held In the county Jail, charged with attempted arson ,ln a plot, which the state po lice say, imperilled the lives of two young children one 1U with pneu moniaand family of Earl Bryant, an unemployed man Kayl was arrest ed in Crescent City Saturday after noon. . The cough of Raymond Bryant, age two years, awoke the mother, and re vealed the alleged Incendiarism, In time for the father to stamp out the flames, and save his flock from a hideous fate. According to the atate police, Kayl came to this city from the California seaport late Thursday, January 12, and kept his movements dark. He Is owner of a small frame house In ' Jacksonville, Insured for 150O and as sessed on the tax roll at 200. The polloles expire next April. The Bry ants have been living In the house. Children Asleep Kayl, according to the state police, bored a hole at night Into the walls of the. house, near where a heating -ti Th. ill child. Raymond, lust recovering from pneumonia was asleep near xne nenwi. ; o nWn nearbv. Into the bored space, Kayl Is al leged to have placed pitch, oil-soaked - .ivi ot.nor hiirhlv Inflammable material. The end of the yarn was left hanging from the aperture to act as a wick. The fuel was shoved In be tween the partitions which were de cayed, and tinder dry. The firebug lighted the oily etrlng and fled. The Investigations also revealed, that an attempt had been made to bore a hole beneath the kitchen stove, but was abandoned because of the rotten condition of the lumber. Awakened By Cough The mother, half asleep nearby, was (Continued on Page Five) STOVE IDLER John Boyd, to. received severe burns on his face, arms and legs late Friday, when he attempted to build a fire with the assistance of kerosene at the Washington rooms, where he made Ibis home. He was taken to the Sacred Heart hospital In an ambulance and his condition last night was atin unde termined. Boyd was living alone. RANSOM NOTES PORTLAND, Ore, Jan. 14. (AP) Detectives and police officials today declared that the 30.000 ransom notea received by Mrs. Lee Schles , t.i-.,4 in ronnectlon with the disappearance of her husband unquestionably were the work of a i- - . n,i inkester. "We place no credence whatever in these notes," said Harvey Thatcher, captain of detectives, aiwir tp aald was a thorough Investigation. Schlesinger's automobile was found in the Columbia river at Vancouver, Wash.. December 29. It had plung ed from a dock. RUNYAN CAPTURES RICH GOLF PRIZE AQUA CALIENTE. Mex.. Jan. 14. M( AP) A young but experienced golfer, Paul Runyan, won the 7500 fourth annual Agua Calient Open, a victory over par and a select list of professionals here today with 72 hole total of 287. aV tttrHHna- rnllv Oil the last nine accounted for the 2-stroke margin by which the 2-year oia proiew frnm irVan.la -i.rt IVTlitft PlaltlS N. Y, trounced bis pal, Horton Smith, or Oak Parr, 111., wno piayea in same threesome and was the runner- Legion Will Move to 'Halt Propaganda SENTIENT FOR BROADER SCALE Senate Committee Evidences Inclination To Include All Soil Products In The Proposed Allotment Bill. By F. O. Vosburgh Associated Press Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Jan. 14. (P) A growing sentiment for broadening the domestic allotment farm relief bill to apply to all agricultural product was evident tonight among members of the senate committee which will con sider the measure Monday. Also apparently gaining ground was the view that because of the nov el character of the plan, the legisla tion should be altered so that It might be applied experimentally to one product and then, if it works, extend to others. Power To Secretary One proposal advanced as a solu tion for both objections was that the bill be amended to give the secretary of agriculture authority to operate the Ingenious system of bounties In connection with one or more com modities as he sees fit. - Amendment along these lines had powerful support but there were some who objected on the ground this would be nothing more than "pass ing the buck' to the agriculture de partment. - In a day of renewed discussion of the agricultural problem, hearings were opened on a measure introduced by Senator Harrison (D., Miss.), un- der"whlch the reconstruction corpor ation would be authorized to lend tv (Continued on Page Five) ROOSEVELTS ARE TARGET OF DRYS NEW YORK, Jan. It (AP) Criti cism of President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt for their reported utterances on the liquor question was applauded today by several hundred women attending the Prohibition day luncheon of the Wo men's Christian Temperance Union. The criticism waa voiced by the Rev, Norman Vincent Peale, pastor of the Marble Collegiate church, and was directed primarily at an address made by Mrs. Roosevelt Dec. 9 In which aha said conditions brought about by prohibition "require more strength of character' than any con ditions she remembered In her youth. "The average girl of today,' she continued, "faces the problem of learning very young how much she can drink of such things as whisky and gin and sticking to the proper quantity." A group of women leaders of To peka, Kas., sent Mrs. Roosevelt I letter of "protest" at the time, oi which she declined to comment. "I do not like to publicly criticize a woman, especially the next first lady of the land," Dr. Peale said in his address to the W. C. T. . wo men today, "but In the name of Heaven how could she stand up and say that every girl early In life must find out how much rum she can hold?" RIGHT TO RESIST OEKEVA. Jan. 14. (AP) As lead ers of the special assembly of the League of Nations were arriving to resume their effort for a concilia tory settlement of the Manchurlan dispute. Dr. W. W. Yen notified the league today that China reserved the right to offer armed resistance to Jspanese military action In the area of Bhsnhalkwan. Japanese troops, the Chinese min ister asserted, have "taken an unlaw ful advantage of the special privilege claimed under the protocol of 1801" to attack and occupy Shanghalkwan. He accused the Japanese of "slaughtering thousands of peaceful Chinese citizens" and said they were "further concentrating In large num bers near Shanhalkwan and along the Pelplng-Mukden, raUBti," BMSHHGM Leaves Cellar 'Prison1 Police removed Arthur Doebrlch, 22, from a cellar In Cincinnati after Doebrlch had lived underground three years, he said, because hit father would not buy him clothing. The father was charged with abuse of family. (Associated Press Photo) T LEVIED BY FEHL A writ of review In the ease of Former County judge Lamkln of Ashp land, and Former Commissioner Vic tor Bursell of Central Point, will be filed, according to William Brlggs, counsel for Lamkln. The two form- county officials, were arraigned before County Judge E. H. Febl ten days ago, charged with "contempt of the county court," and "mutlllatlon of the county records." The "muttl- latlou" consisted of signing their names to the county court Journal on January 3, and waa part of the aftermath of the appointment of R. E. Kcalon as commissioner, to fill he vscancy caused by the resignation of John Barneburg. The two ex-offlclals were found guilty and each fined $1. The legal ity of County Judge Fehl's procedure was contested and It la Intended to carry the matter to the higher omirto, for final decision. Fehl contended "the county court speaks through the Journal," and that the appointment of Nealon was In valid, The attorney general of Ore gon In an opinion held that Nealon'e appointment was valid and legal and that failure to sign the court Journal until three days later did not In validate their act, as the signing was directory." Since the decision of the attorney general, Commissioner Kealon has been functioning as a county official. F IS AIM FOR STATE SALEM, Jan. 14 (AP) Re-establish ment of an active bureau of mines and a school of mines at the state college were advocated by several hundred mining men gathered here today from all parts of Oregon to perfect a permanent organization of the scattered unite throughout the state. Purposes of the mining congress are to collect Information relative to the nature and extent of the mineral resources of the state, Secretary E. O. Harlan of Eugene said. The organ! ration also assists In publicity to attract capital for development pur poses. There la no over-production of precious metals at present and there Is need of an organization which will raise the standard of the industry and provide training for men interested in the various phases of mining, he said. 1- 1 PORTLAND REGION PORTLAND, Ore, Jan. 14. TV Snow fell briefly here today, a re minder after several days of mild weather, that the season la still win ter. The flakes melted as rapidly as they struck the ground. The Dalles and Eugene reported light falls. At Klamath Falls snow began falling today after several days of dear weather. Half an Inch of socnr itll t La praoos, TEACHER MUST PAY FOR SLAYING "SLOUCHY" WIFE MARSHALL, 111., Jan. 14. (AP) A sequel to a etory of domestlo dis cord which ended In death, waa written hero today when a Jury In Clarke circuit court returned a ver diet of first degree murder against Hubert Moor. 32-year old school teacher for the slaying of Bis wiie. Marjorle. The verdict carries a penalty of death In the electric chair. Mrs. Moor, also a school teacher at Robinson, IU, was found dead In her husband's automobile last Au gust. Moor first aald they had been set upon" by robbers but later con fessed he killed bis wife. I KOt tired of always finding the sink full of dirty dishes," Moor said. During his trial he testified tnaL "God told me to shoot her; I heard Him," Pear Growers Warned By Hartman on Quality By I, Q- Stewart "Medford la rapidly losing. Its rep utation for first quality pears," de clared Dr. Henry Hartman before an audience of pear growera and ship pers at the courthouse, Saturday aft ernoon. "The Hood River D'AnJou is taking the place with the trade formerly occupied by Medford pears," he said. - However. Mr. Hartman further explained tha this' did- not represent so great a loss of quality locally, as It did that Hood River hud ra sed their erodes m a lew years. Of course Medford growera did not have to be told that pears are not selling. But Dr. Hartman. In tne employ of the northwest pear coun cil, has Just returned from the big eastern markets with first hand In formation and he gave his observa tions. Low purchasing power of the pub lic, pears still a luxury, 20 per cent more pears In storage than a year ato. too much "Junk" going east, limitation of credit affecting Jobbers. demoralized condition of all fruit markets, weather unfavorable and curtailed foreign markets, were com ponent parts of the picture he had TINY FREE STATE SEAT OF TURMOIL BERLIN, Jan. 14. UP) The tiny free state of Llppe. with a population of 104,000, finds Itself today In the center of the German limelight to an extent It never dreamed. Its 115,000 voters tomorrow choose a new diet an event to which ordin arily only alight attention la paid by the nation as the state ranks four teenth among the relch'a seventeen and Is a mere speck on the map. Adolf Hitler, national socialist leader, decided, however, to stage i comeback In Llppe after hla relch ita? setback November B. The little state therefore had been deluged with hla brownshlrta, storm troopers xrom every part of Germany arriving to help In a house-to-house and farm- to-farm campaign. TOO MANY ELKS IN PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 14. fl) A delegation of aportamen and stockmen from Milton-rreewater, Ore., appear ed before the atate game commission at Its regular meeting here today and asked that the commission do some thing to remove the menace of too many elk In the Walla Walla valley and other parts of eastern Oregon. Matt Ryckman. superintendent of state game fish hatcheries, reported so the commission that he nas re. celved 1.000.000 trout from Caltfor nla of the variety coming from Scot land's famed loch Leien. The com. mission authorized him to have the egga hatched and to plant the young traits in Oregon's streams, Oregon Weather Unsettled Sunday with rains and snows, clearing Monday; temperature below normal; fresh changeable winds offshore, Moor said his wife kept their home In such a slovenly condition he was embarrassed when puplla or other persona called. He declared his wife waa more Interested In a career than In home making. The defense contended Moor was Insane but the Jury In Its verdict specified It considered him sane at the time of the murder. A motion for a new trial was filed by the dofonse and Judge Shuey fixed Tuesday for arguments. Moor waa taken back to Jail. Moor and his wife were university graduatea. . They had been married six years and had no children. Tholr parents, who live in Indian apolis were In court when the ver dict was returned. The Eev. A. D. Wrentmore, father of the slain wo man, expressed the belief "Justice has been done." to nresem. Bosc pears are sxm going to the consumer In an Inedible condition, he statea. uno jranoiw cere of Boses are still In storage, which ahould not have been with held so long to the detriment of aualltv. On the other hand ne waa oi v opinion that D'AnJous should do bet ter In the short time remaining do cause lower grades are off the mar ket. - mr response- to'.1" -quefttoJ wbAthar Medford "shinned all the funk?" Dr. Hartman said. "No, butf they contributed their share and It was not distributed among all the nacklnB houses." "The trade wants a D'AnJou with no rust whatever. We may argue all we want to that quality la un impaired, but If It will not bring the monev. why ship them? The nnu can have a little russet, but heavv russellng depreciates its value. The fancy grado In all varieties Is probably not adhered to rigidly enough." r Dr. Hartman declared he Is skep tical of all schomea to limit tonnage, and that the grower can never do much to Increase the selling price of peers, after they are out of his hands. LESS LAST YEAR SAN FRANCESCO, Jan. 14. fl California fruit cannerlea packed 10, 130,715 cases of fruits In 1032. and 5,770,037 cases of vegetables. The com bined fruit and vegetable pack of 18,900,752 cases compared with 18,- 304,054 in 1031. The pack of cling peaches, the state's blggeat Item, declined to 5,. 413,972 cases from 8.348.852 In 1931; pears to 1,418,134 from 1,808,856 and aprlcota to 1,804,581 from 2,005,724 cases. f SELECT Annual election was held here last night by the Royal Order of Jesters and the following men were named: Jerry Jerome, director; Charley But- terfleld. tmpressatio, and Jerome and A. K. Case of Orante Pas;, represen tatlvea to the national convention in Atlantic City. Plans were also made for the cere monlal to be held In southern Ore- gon some time In the spring, to which courts of the Pacific coast, reaching from Seattle to Ios Angeles and east to Reno will bo Invited. Last night's meeting was held the Jackson hotel and was attended by 33 members from Jedford, Ash land, Grants Pass and lAkevlew. A banquet preceded the election, Kukelik Saves Precious Viol PRAGUE, CMchMlovakla, Jan. H. (AP) Jan Kubellk, the violinist, received Injuries to the chest and several broken ribs today when hla automobile collided with a truck, but he clung to his Stradlvarlus, which waa not darraged. Kubellk'A hands. Insured for 1100, 000, were pot injured Exhorts Farmers "Mother" Blooer, who with her husband lost a farm near Ml not, N. D urged several hundred farm. era at L Mara, la., to Invade Dos Moines to ask the Iowa legislature to atop farm foreclosures. (Assoc! ited Press Photo) TO ENJOY WONDERFUL VACATION JAUNTS Medford Is about to have an elec tion! Not a political election but popularity election. Who Is the most, popular girl In our community? That Is what Rogue River valley peo ple are going to determine. And In finding the young lady to bear the title of "Miss Medford" they are going to have all the fun and ex citement of a regular election. The "Miss Medford' Popularity Election Is to be sponsored by the Mall Tribune and a group of rep resentative Medford merchants. The prizes to be awarded the for tunate winner and runners-up are wonderful vacation trips. Girls am bitious to Join In the competition have the assurance of congenial companions on thflr trips, as the tour parties will be made up of win ners from neighboring cities now holding similar elections. Offer llnwnll Trip What marvelous trips have been planned, one of them to Hawaii I And what girl will not thrill at the possibility of winning one of them. Think of It I A glorious dream trip that will linger forever In the mem' orles of the fortunate girls who win. Votes In this election will not cost one cent. They will be available at Medford merchants when you make cash purchases and pay cash on ac counts. The list of merchants gtvlng the votes will be published at the opening In this paper. Signs In dis play windows will guide you to the cooperating stores. All Medford merchants are Invited to Join in to make this a city-wide project. The remarkable contest will be launched In Medford on Saturday, January 2J, and anyone In the Rogue River valley Is nttled to nominate a girl for this competition. An of ficial nominating blank will appear In the Mall Tribune soon, which will start the nominee off with 1.000 free votes. Merchants Listed A partial list of Medford business concerns which will participate In this Mall Tribune-Merchants contest follows: Burelson's Ready-to-wear shop. People's Electric store, Law rence's Jewelry store, Plerce-Alten Motor company, Larry Schade. Jew eler, Jarmln & Woods Drug store, J. Verne Shangle, Murray Beauty shop, Armstrong Motors, Inc., With am Super-Service station. Campbell Clothing company. The Home Groc ery, The Band Box and Shoe Box, Adrlenne's, Swem's Olft Shop, Med ford Domestlo Laundry. Heath's Drug store, Medford Furniture ft Hard ware store, Gardner Drugs, Inc., The Peasley's, Mutual Mill 6c Seed com pany. Lee's Men's shop. Valentine's Cafe, DeVoe's and Huson'a What-not, (Continued on Page Eight) Women Approve Of Luxury Tax PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 14.-WVThe Portland federation of women's or ganizations, meeting here today, adopted a resolution endorsing the luxury tax on cosmetics, malt ex tract and tobacco proposed in the Oregon Immature y Representative Hanah Martin of aalem ar" a?Kf' 2,-4, tMfc a l Turmoil GIVE INSIDE DOPE Fanning Of Factional Fires Must Cease Say Ex-ServicemenAction Aimed At Daily News Editorials. Med ford "a American Legion launch ed a "determined campaign" Satur day following a meeting of the execu tive committee and past command era of the post, with the avowed pur pose of "halting the propaganda of Llewellyn A. Banks," publisher of the Dally Newa. . According to spokesmen of the vet erans' organization, a resolution was passed at the post meeting Monday night condemning alleged appeals to mob rule and threat to overthrow constituted authority, "as published In at least one Medford newspaper. The resolution, according to Legion members, was inspired by the recent call for a "march on the court house and the fact that a "serious sltua- tlon la rapidly developing In Jack son county, due to vicious propa ganda." Mews Dons Cap No newspaper or person was men tioned tn the resolution, but Legion men point out that on Wednesday morning the Dally Newa carried an editorial with the caption "American Legion, I call your damnable bluff" Llewellyn A. Banks. According to veterans w,ho attend ed Saturday's meeting the Intention of the Legion now Is to prove that their resolution waa not "bluff," and that alleged fanning of factional fires which It la feared may precipitate violence, must cease. (Continued on Page Five) 4 MANY WHO SIGNED BANKS PETITIONS ARE NOT VOTERS Checking of the resignation peti tions started BatUKtay afternoon bjr members of the American Legion. The namca were checked with the regis tered voters book first. Out of M names, Blrlog their address aa Butte Full"; 34 names were not listed as registered voters. Checkers estimat ed one-third of the signers were un regletered. The petitions, presented Thursday during the "Indignation meet' de mandlng the reslgnatlona of District Attorney George A. Codding, Commis sioner K. 5. Nealon, and Commission er Ralph Billings, contain Sen names, sccordlng to the county court count. The petitions Have been formally filed with the county clerk, and are now publlo records. A speaker at the demonstration " claimed there were 2000 algnatures on the petitions. A check of the petitions shows that 37 per cent of the signers are resi dents of the Rogue River, Gold H1U snd Wlmer areas. 323 residents of Rogue River, 67 residents of Gold Hill and 17 residents of Wlmer sign' ed a total of 307. The bulk of the signatures were msde by residents of the north section of the county, and also Include the Trail, Eagle Point and Central Point districts. The signers In Vila olty, Pboenlt, Talent, Ashland, Applegate and Jacksonville and all other areas made up the bal ance. Two of the signers of the petition gave th-ir address aa Grants Pass. One family In the Wlmer district pro vided ten signatures. The American Legion post of this city will make a check of the names signed against the registration cards, court records, tax rolls and Indigent list, and will make an effort to de termine the place and length of resi dence In the county. There la known to be several dupllcattona In signs tures. The names are evenly divided between men and women. Since Thursday, aeveral have In formed county officials Vist they signed the petitions when advised they sought speedy relief and work and asked to nav. their name, with drawn. BASKETBALL W, 8. O. 49: Oregon SI, Stanford ; So. California M. California 33: U. O. U A. N. Washington eJi daae tt. MASS MEETING TO TO INFLATE FLY INJINTMENT Idea Grips Congress But Method Is Hard To Agree Upon Kingfish "Kids" Germans For Beer Bid. By PAUL M4LLON Copyrighted by McClure Newspaper Syndicate WASHINGTON. Jan. 14 The In flation Idea has spread underneath In Congress until a majority now ap proves It. That does not necessarily mean In flation la coming Immediately. No two congressmen can agree on how you ought to go about it. The chief question backstage now la how to keep It under control, not If wo should thave It, The largest number favor action by revaluation of the dollar. Decision wilt rest with the Harrison economlo investigating committee. NobodV hopes for action before the special session after March 4. Financial affairs in the government believe congress la barking up the wrong Inflation tree. They think the best way to proceed would be tn rough a vast public works pro gram. Issuing currency against It. They do not openly advocate such a program but they say It will afford the only way for congresa to do what it desires and that la to raise prices and increase purchasing power. Congress generally Is slightly aide of building programs. The existing one la not furnishing as much em ployment as was expected. It will probably choose a more direct method next time. Huey Long nearly went to war Dri ve tely with Germany a few days ago but It turned out to be a Joke, or at least his Idea fi a joke. A college student called on Lone seeking an Interview. The student aald It would help him to get a Job ' on the college paper. "'Sit tight, young fella." ssld Huey. "I'll glva you a story.' He reached for a tele phone and got the German embassy on tne wire. Then followed fifteen minutes of iliellralatng because Huey was not In vited to the few beer partlea at the embassy. He aald something about having received a German battleship commander unfortunately in silk pa- amaa wnue ne waa governor of Louis iana and that later he returned the visit properly In a silk hat. Bo now he thought he waa entitled to some beer. The amiable Germane wen worried until they found out later through mutual friend that It waa all In fun. Long will probably be an early guest at the embassy If he la not there now. The boys at the top have decided. to do something swiftly for the rail roads. Hence the rise In bond prices. That topic was discussed far mora than anything else at the New Tork conference of Roosevelt with Con gressional leaders. It was fanned up by the assertion there that two Class One systems are facing receivership during the first quarter of this year. A third big receivership waa aald to be due later In the year. (Continued on Pag rive) WILL ROGER? "says: BEVERLY HILLS, CaL. Jan. 13. See where Arizona voted to do away with the "lame duck" congress. If you know what "lame duck" congress is, it's the type of congress they are holding now where nobody is going to try to do anything till another congress is called. Why this ad ministration wants to stick in there till the last dog is hung and take this punishment is hard to understand. It's like a troup of actors get ting hissed off the stage bat insisting on staying on there because they had a two weeks' contract. , ' Yours, 7 5, - - A-
