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Glorious Vacation Trips Inspire Popularii; Contest Workers Medford Mail Triune The Weather . Forecast: Clear tonight and Satur day but with fog; no change In temperature. Highest yesterday - 47 Lowest this morning . 24 Paid-Up Circulation People who pay for .their newspapers ir. the best prospect (or the adver tiser!, a. a a circulation la paid up circulation, This newspaper Is a. a a Twenty-Seventh Year MEDFOKD, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1933. No. 269. IMK fliiilTJBlESEl OftUBEL Comment on the Day's 'News By FRANK JENKINS. ANDREW COLLIBB, chairman of the Klamath county consolidated relief committee, which la the organi sation that in Klamath county Is handling the problem of unemploy ment relief, spoke the other day to the Klamath Palls Klwanla club, ex plaining the commlttee'a operatlona and methods. Becauee the problem of unemploy ment relief la essentially similar In all Oregon communities, what he aald will be of Interest generally. So It la repeated here. t T ERE, lor example, la an lnterest t lng statement: "On the basis of this week's Ut, Just completed, 1138 people are now receiving relief. Since most of these are heads of families,, this must' mean a total of around 4000 persons. ''That la more people than there were In Klamath Falls when I first came here.' LAST AUGUST. Mr. Collier told tola hearers, there were around 1050 persons on the relief list. This total rose gradually throughout the f all months, reaching Its peak In Decem ber at about 1450. The average for the past five months has been about 1350. ttf ire HEAR much of unworthy . VV persons receiving relief," Mr. Collier said, "and it Is true that in our checking we do find abuses. We have found persons getting pensions and also getting relief from the com missary, and we have found Tpoople with amply stored cupboards, asking lor and getting relief . "But It la my Judgment and the 1 Judgment of the committee that the great majority of those receiving re lief are wholly worthy." TIAT is a Understatement, and It is also. In this writer's Judgment, an accurate one. ' Take 1000 persons anywhere, in any walk in life and some of them will be good and some bad. Humanity is NOT 100 per cent perfect. But out Of any thousand average persons, far more will be good than bad. . Wo can't expect that of all those asking for and receiving relief In ' these troubled times EVERY ONE will be wholly worthy. But because 'of the few who are unworthy, we MUSTN'T hold back help from the worthy who are In need. ' 1- we are kindly and wise and Just we will give to each case In- which j there Is doubt the benefit of what ever doubt exists.' T'HE BURDEN of providing rellet 1 for. those who have not," Mr. Collier continue?: of necessity upon those who have. .There Is no place else for It to fall. : "But In this emergency tho com--4uttea takes, the position that prop H 'erty rights are not sacred; that hu man rights must come first. We are basing our policies upon that belief." IT IS a sound position. Property rights are Important. We believe, in this country, that people are entitled to OWN what they EARN. If people aren't permitted to own what they earn, they won't STRIVE TO EARN. . And when people no longer strive to earn, progress will stop. BUT in emergencies, such as the present, those who have must help those who hsve not. Otherwise, our whole system will break down. T IS only reasonable and Just that 1 jn emergencies those who have must provide for those who have not. No man who acquires property acquires and holds his property by his own unaided efforts. Wealth arises out of the growth and progress or the community, and in the growth nd progress of the community EVERYONE has a part. rj-HE PROBLEM of providing relief A for the needy, in tunes oi wc i nwmni-nnDt such as these. Is a difficult one. It has many danger There Is the danger. for example, of destroying personal Initiative of leading peo- AGeoUaued oa Pag Joa An ORN EY-W 1BS1.' Hot Debate Marks Progress of Jsills BUSINESS HOLDING I Charge Based On Editorial of Thursday in Daily News Alleging Extortion Attempt Bail Set at $2000 An Information alleging .criminal libel was filed lafo yesterday before Justice of the Peace L. A. Roberts In Ashland against L. A. Banks, orch ard 1st and editor and publisher of the Medford Dally News. The com plaint was signed by Attorney M. O. Wllkins-of Ashland, former counsel for Banks. The complaint Is based upon an editorial printed Thursday morning, charging Attorney Wllklns with "attempted extortion." The time for the preliminary hear ing of the case was set this morning by Justice Roberta for ten o'clock Saturday morning In Ashland. The warrant for the arrest of Banks waa presented to sheriff Gor don L. Schermerhorn late this mora ine. Over the telephone. Sheriff Schermerhorn In a conversation with Justice Roberts, waa advised that bail bad been fixed at $2000. This noon an extra was Issued by the Dally News, with a headline read ing "L. A. Banks Will Resist Arrest." The article signed "L. A. B." charges "conspiracies exist In all the courts of Jackson county against LeweUyn A. Banks" The concluding paragraph reads: "We have now ronie to that great showdown where bload Is , liable to be spilled. L. A. B." The warrant for the arrest of Banks waa first placed In the hands of Constablo George J. Prescott, who .turned' it over to the sheriffs -off Ice for service. SON SLAYS GIRL WIFE OF FATHER PITTSBURGH. Pa.. Feb. S. (AP) Death today aaparatea John Coyne. 86, from his 20-year-old bride, and police are holding the man's eon, John, 22, charging the youth' with slaying Irene Carbert a few hours after her marriage to. . his , father, and with beating the aged man with a -hammer. - Police are rounding up t he 15 wedding guests who, they say, fled as John. Jr., appeared with a rllle and fired at his new step-mother. The elder Coyne Is recovering from head wounds In a hospital. Police, reviewing the case today, say John, Jr., came here by plane from Detroit, where he had been vis iting with his brothers, Patrick and Edward. The brothers, were opposed to the marriage, lnvestlgatora report. Officers say the youth hurried to his father'a home and seeing the wedding celebration already In pro gress, went directly to the basement. "I got a rifle," police quote the youth as saying "Tflere was only ono cartlrldge, so I picked up a ham mer lying there and put It In my pocket." , Going upstairs, witnesses told po lice, Coyne met his step-mother In the kitchen and. without a word, leveled the gun and fired. She fell to the floor, apparently dying In atntly. , As the guests fled, officers con tinue, the father rushed to the kitch. en where he was felled with blows from the hammer. E ... J. D. Clark, a miner of the Jackson ville district, la held In the county Jail for medical treatment, following an attempt at suicide In the county Jail last night. Clark is said to have applied for care at the sheriff's of fice Iste yesterday for protection, claiming that he was being pursued and persecuted. An Insanity complaint was filed by Jailer John S. Glenn. ' The unfortunate man. when search ed in the county Jail Is alleged to have had a firearm on his person. Officials say he was under a severe strain, and during the night slashed hbs wrist with a penknife, following an outbreak. The wound was treated. Later Clark tore the bandages away. and attempted to further widen the wound. Clark, according to Information gained, haa relatives residing at Healdsburg. Calif and has been en gaged In mining operations In this county for slightly more than a year. The case Is scheduled for a hear ing today before County Judge rabL I '..'An Helen Huffman, 18, of Muncle, Ind, testified before a grand Jury regarding allegedly improper ad vances ahe said she received from the Rev. Q. Lomuel Conway, Mun cle paator. (Associated Press Pho President Will Take Sea Va cation Following Comple tion of Plans Preparatory to. Inauguration March 4 By FRANCIS M. STEPHENSON WARM SPRINGS, Ga., Feb. S (AP) President-elect. Roosevelt hss fixed his policies and found his men to execute them and tonight he heads for the open seas to enjoy a last va cation before assuming the office of chief executive of the United States. A solid month of study and review of men since giving, up the duties of governor of New York haa brought Mr. Roosevelt well up to the threshold of hla administration and the "new deal" he promised. . A smashing attack on the tanglea international situation will be the first move of the new Democratic president. Ho will . hear separately the pleas of the European debtors for relief and demand In return for aid a definite assurance by them of ef forts for tariff reform and currency stabilization. . - He is prepared to call an extra ses sion of the new congress of the pres ent "lame duck" meeting falls to finish Its Job. Farm relief, balanc ing of the budget, severe economies and government reorganization wiu be the goal of the extra session. With his Induction to office, only a month away, Mr. Roosevelt Is hold ing his shots for the most part. He Is not going to make announcement of his cabinet until about March 3 He will announce on March 4 innu merable other' appointments to fill existing, government -vacancies.- - Other surprises sre In store. Only driblets of the Roosevelt program have come out. One of these, per haps the greatest. Is the idea he dis closed yesterday of using the Ten nessee watershed for a vast experi ment in reorganizing the life of the nation through a development of re forestation, reclamation, water power, and agriculture In this far-reaching inland sector. . INDIAN GIRL'S DEATH KLAMATH FALLS. Ore., Feb. 3 (API While further Investigation continued into the death last Sat urday night of Joeephlne Jackson, youthful Indian girl, Edtson Duffy, young Klamath Indian, was held In the county Jail today. Duffy pleaded not guilty In circuit cort Thursday to a charge of second degree murder filed by a special sgent of the United States depart ment of Juatjcii. The Indian girl's body, frozen snd battered, waa found near Beaty Saturday night. Football Players Injured In Blaze OMAHA, Neb.. Feb. 3(AP) Two Crelghton university football players were Injured severely In a 100,000 fire that destroyed the three-story building occupied by the Omaha Casket company today. Vem Wolf, 21, star end, suffered severe bums on the right hand and arm, but attending physicians today said they could probably save nla arm. Hot Debate Marks Progress of Bills Through CARLE. STANLEY VICTIM OF RIFLE E With the top of his head shattered by the discharge of a .30-30 Win chester, Carl E. Stanley, 59, resident of southern Oregon for 27 years, was found dead In the garage at his home. 342 North Ivy street, yesterday after noon.' The gun, County Coroner Frank Perl atated thla morning, was accidentally discharged when Stanley waa removing It from his auto. The bullet entered his head, Just above the right eye, continuing through his scalp, tearing It from hla body, and went on through the roof of the building, leaving three holes. In the garage. . . , ' The accident Is believed -to nave happened about 3r30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Coroner Perl said the man had been dead about an hour when he arrived at the scene of the acci dent about 4:20. The body was found by ' one uf Stanley's sons, when he returned from school. Mrs. Stanley had been visit ing at the home of a neighbor and was still ' away from the house when the boy arrived from school.- A phy sician and officers were summoned and the county coroner called. On a bench near the car a ram- - (Continued -on Page Two) - NEFFINANSWER OF To the Editor: My inclination Is to Ignore the In sane vaporlnga of L. A. Banks but It Is evident that many well tntentloned people still continue to take his utterances seriously. In such cir cumstances, it seems necessary to answer the charges he has made against my clients and myself. Mr. Banks prints a mass of figures In an effort to prove that his com pany la not Indebted to E. C. Corn and that the action of Corn vs. Sun crest Orchards, Inc., Is based on a trumped-up false claim. The fact la that the Corn action is brought upon a promissory note signed by Mr. Banks himself on behalf of his com pany and dated March 26, 1932, after the close of the 1931 fruit season. I now have this note in my possession. If Mr. Banks did not owe this money why did he give this note? In any event, he can scarcely blame me be cause I. assumed that a promissory note signed by htm represented a legal obligation. The facts which led up to the action of Barnum vs. .Suncrest Orch ards, Inc. are these: Some two or three years ago L. A. Banks, Howard A. Hill. Wm. B. Barnum, O. B. Mor row, George Schumacher, Marie Schumacher, L. D. Harris and C, H. Taylor borrowed 11000 from W. H. Norcrou. The money went to Mr. Schumacher to assUt in equipping him to make chemical analyses in connection with arsenic residues on the fruit these parties were growing and shipping. It was agreed among all of these parties that Mr. Banks, who, thru his company, Suncrest Orchards, Inc. was handling all of their fruit, should hold out three quarters of a cent on each box ship ped including the fruit of Mr. Banks and his company, and that this three quarters of a cent per box should (Continued on Page Ten) SOCIALIST NEWSPAPER CLOSED BY GERMANY BERLIN, Germany, reb. 3. (AP) The government today suspended the socialist newspaper Vorwaerte, The action resulted from publica tion of & socialist election manifesto which the government regarded as offensive. Clear and Cold In Pendleton Area PENDLETON. Ore.. Feb. 8. (AP) Clear weather prevailed here today after a night during which the tem perature dropped to 2A degrees. The ground was frozen this morning. Snow remains in the hilly country where low temperatures continue, Majority Assured PARIS, France. Feb. a, (AP) So cialists m th chamber of deputies today voted to support the govern rnent, virtually amurln; Premier Dal dier p a, majority. Houses, NINE WOMEN PATIENTS ARE BURNED TO DEATH CLEVELAND. Feb. 3. (AP) A mysterious fire burned nine women patlenta to death In a suburbsn sani tarium dormitory early today, despite the herolo efforts of attendants to lead them to safety. r The women broke from their res cuers en route from upstairs sleeping quarters. . , By the time nearly a score of other patients had been taken out, the panic stricken nine, who had fled back to their beds, were beyond aid. The dormitory was destroyed. Eight of the nine bodies which had SALEM RELIEF BUREAU RIOT QUICKLY QUELLED SALEM, Ore., Feb. 8. (AP) City and state police quelled a riot at the Bed Cross-Community service relief parlora here yesterday afternoon after nine men had stormed the office, demanding relief for a certain family In West Salem and rolling a crowd of 200. , No blows were struck. Relief work ers hsd been tipped off and tripped an alarm signal connected with a telegraph company which put In a call for relief officers. Chief of Po lice Frank Mlnto led the officers In pushing the crowd back' downstairs to the -street.... Officers then escorted Saridino Promises Peace In Sudden, Sensational Visit; Nicaragua Capital By RICHARD E. FR1ZKLL (Copyright, 1033, by the Associated Press) ' MANAQUA, Nicaragua,. Feb. 8. (AP) A promise of peace after elx years of revolt against the American advised governments of Nicaragua was left behind today by the colorful General Au gusto Sandlno as h,e head ed back to the mountain headquar ters of his army. The Importance of his message was almost forgotten In the excitement caused by the sensational manner in which he delivered it.. His visit was a complete surprise. Arrives tn Plane. A plane from his northern Jungle retreat arrived here yesterday with the commander, hta father, and three political allies. With an automatic pistol swinging on his hip. he walked into the presidential palace, sat down with President Juan Bautlsta Sacasa and msde his pledge of peace. Then the man who had been hunt ed by Nlcaraguan native soldiers and American marines since 1926 enjoyed the luxury, particularly for him, of a night's sleep In the palace. t "Peace Is 'now a fact'. 'Nicaragua entered a new era v when the last FLOOD OF BALLOTS TO TRIBUNE OFFICE As the second week of the Medford Merchants-Mall Tribune contest nesrs an end. the number of votes turned In at both the Chamber of Com merce and Tribune offices shows a marked increase daily. Contestants and their friends are looking forward to Sunday's paper, when another tabulation of votes will be published. All participants are requested to deposit their ballot by Saturday noon. Residents from all sections of southern Oregon are taking an inter eat In aiding their favorite nominee to win either one of the two grand prises: A three weeks' trip to Ha waii and sightseeing Journey from Seattle, Wash., to San Francisco. Cel., by boat. The winners of thee awards will travel in oompsny with popular girl from other Oregon cities, and will be well chaperoned. Attractive additional novelty prizes are being planned so that It will be worth while for every girl now in the contest to work especially hard dur ing the next few wank. State Legislature been recovered by fire fighting crews were tentatively Identified: Mrs. Lottie Bobsck, 32; Miss Helen Kovack, 49; Mrs. Agnes Dorrlngton, 78; Mrs. Loralne Dean, 16; Mrs. Fan nie Laundon, 54; Miss Ethel R. Zlpp. 24; Mrs. Mary Bennett, 73, all of Cleveland, and Miss Isabel McBrlde, Newcastle, Pa. Miss Gladys Praser, 30, of Cleve land was missing, and efforts were being made to Identify the ninth body. Charges of incendiarism were Im mediately made by the management. several of the leaders .outside the city limits but msde no arrests. Among leaders In the riot, om- cera reported, were members of the delegation which waited upon tne Joint unemployment committee of the aenate and house yesterday after noon. Two of the key men, police aald, had been given food last week. Police also stated that two of the leaders asserted they had been sent here from "national headquarters." From w,hat "national headquartera" they did not exp.alu, but declared they had participated In the national "hunger march" on Washington, D. C, . ,,. ---' - - . - United States marines departed from our soil," he told this correspondent after his conference with the presi dent and other government leaders. Soldiers Withdrawn. The shrewd general had kept one pledge and government leaders were of the opinion that he would keep this one. He had often said that he would persist in his sanguinary strug gle until the last United States ma rine had departed from Nicaragua, The United States marines, who for most of 19 years had been stationed In Nicaragua, . completed evacuation of the country within two days after the Inauguration of President Sacasa, January 1. Only a few days before the last ma rines left, more than 20 were reported slatn tn an engagement between na tive guards and Sandinistas. A few Isolated engagements since caused considerable doubt whether peace waa at hand. ' "I have nothing against North Americans personally: let them come and work here. However, we should not accept them coming as our bosses. I send my regards to the American people," Sandlno said in a statement Issued during the course of the peace conference. SENATE SERGEANT WASHINGTON, Feb. J. (AP) A motion to remove David S. Barry, sergeant-at-arms of the aenate, from office was made today In the senate after he had said at a suddenly called trial he had no evidence to support Intimations in a magaalne article that members of congress accepted money for votes. The motion was made by Senator Norrls (R., Neb.) after Senator Reed (R Pa.) had auggeated that the question be referred to the Judiciary committee, of which Norrls is chair man. Norrls objected, asserting a trial similar to a contempt proceedings in open court wa being conducted and "we ought to act on the undisputed evidence. Norrl said Barry "admitted he had charged, bribery without proof to sustain It." remol tn HoApttal Arnold Fernol is a patient today at to Sacred Hear, boepitsi. SCHOOL BUS BILL HEARING IS LURE E SALEM.. Feb. 3. (ff) A new sales tax proposal which, among other things, would provide for elimination of the pergonal prop erty from the tax rtills, today was being seriously considered by the mem hers of the state legislature. It became known. The new pro posal U being formulated with a view of overcoming objections already voiced upon a sales tax. SALEM. Feb. 3. (AP) A bitterly drawn debate on the school bus transportation repeal Issue during the public hearing last night In tho house chamber brought demonstra tion after demonstration. A crowd declared to .be the largest ever necked Into the hall of repre sentatives listened to the arguments and responded with . shouts and cheers. The noise Indicated those fa voring retention of the bus service surpassed the repeal Iste in mimber, M. Wlnacht of Mt. Angel headed the group asking that bus transpor tation be discontinued. All speakers for repeal stated they favored educa tion! but decried the expense at pres ent times. Wlnacht said the non high school districts could probably furnish transportation of pupils at half the cost paid by the state. He expressed fear that grammar schools would be forced to. olose In some places If payment of bus transporta tion continued to devour runa, SALEM Feb. 3. (AP) Bills -which would abolish the office of secretary of state, board of higher educattor and take off the proposed Wolf Crook route from - the state highway map. both by Senator Joe E. Dunne were passed in the senate today and will now . go to the house. . Divided reports on two Important measures, although prepared to be turned In, failed to come to the desk today,, both held up by committee chairmen. The one In the senate on the repeal of the state syndicalism act will come before the members to morrow, while the one In the house on the basic solenoe bill waa deferred until Monday. Both reports were ex pected to bring out heated argu ments. ' : Six Bills Killed Six house bills, all minor, . were killed by committee reports while a seventh was withdrawn. Committees did report out many measures favor ably, however, and they will be placed on the calendnr In succeeding days. Both houses will hold sessions tomorrow, it was understood. With 17 affirmative votes the seri ate approved the Dunne bill for re moval of the Wolf Creek ahort-route-to-the-sea from the state highway map. The vote was preceded by a lengthy debate. When three out of four bills up for final action by the house had been re-referred to committees and similar action was started upon the fifth. Representative - Prank Lonergan of Multnomah demanded that -.It be kept on the floor. ; ' Action Needed "When a bill comes up for final passage with the recommendation that tt do pass, let us dispose of It at once and not send It back to a committee," he demanded.- "If we are going to keep on at this rate we will be here until Christmas." Business of the house dragged dur ing the morning session with only minor matters under consideration. No new bills were received. The house sent back to committees for further consideration three bills relating to tha care and rights of (Continued on page fourteen) D0UKH0B0R CHIEF OTTAWA, Feb. 3, (AP) Immigra tion department officials aald today that a petition from his followers asking that Peter Verlgln, Doukhobor leader, be deported to a land of bis own choosing rather than to Russia cannot be compiled with. The peti tion came from members of the Doukhobor sect of Blaine Lake, Sas katchewan. The Immigration officials said that Verlgln, who was brought from west ern Canada this week, will be de ported from Halifax tomorrow as previously arranged. His associates said Verlgln fears his life will be endangered If he returns to Russia He was granted permU slon to leave that country when he came to Canada only on condition would, not return. OWN IN BATTLE ON E Hoover's Chart Shows Gen erally Stable Level Pre vailsNo Hint of Decisive Trend Inflation Lures (Copyrighted by MoCluro Newspaper syndicate) By PAUL MALI.ON WASHINGTON. Fah 9 t.u Hoover's personal htmina-a ph.. ShOWS We Are abOllt hnlrilncr nit, nam in tne jignt against depression. rnui.-proor ngures furnished him by his exnerta nuirtK-afc a IMnaii stable level has been followed the past rive months, rinal figures In dicate December waa about the same as November. Estimates for Jsnuary Indicate the December level has been maintained. - These figures oontaln ns hint, a - doclalve trend one way orranather ia the Immediate future, ii. i The nmllmlnAro ri ln-f rv.-.i- January Indicate the generally ad veivuea improvement J a January was normally seasonal. ' "Outside the chart ' eommodlty prices have shown some recent de cline. It will amount to about m point In December and two In Jan uary. An lncrenjui In hanV ani ness failures also Is suggested. That Is due largely to certain bad spot In certain localities. nutomoDiie production la still up. Steel is see-sawing. Oil and electri cal power consumption are up. Bai- ouraa witu onsets tnat means In dustrial production will be shown to have been about the same for .rami. arv aa D-rAtntutr Tha. I -u- , figure. .'. .... . . .y . '; " j' , ........ This inflation business' la getting around Inside now to a question of Whether tha enthiialiutA rv-n h. v.. 1.4 down long enough to let the con. servatlves work out a compromise. That la the purpose behind the speed beln-T aDDlled to the Hni-Hanr, ha.- lnj in the senate. ine jiouse crowd is hot on the Path for easv mnnav. That. . apply to the leaders. They are be- 's m cneca oy air. Roosevelt. It does apply to the boys who have been conducting the house banking and currenoy committee hearings. They will go for nearly anything that looks green. Unchecked thev would swing a majority of the house. -v. ..nil unua oa ib mat tney win be checked. . Rnnftla Mn---..-f . ......' overplayed their handa. The Harri son - hMHnOB Mfa-a -... . . nv.o vuuiUKU TO sub-committee of three David Reed, anBin tnngnam ana Pat Harrison, "i'nore are no turn mn-j nn -,.. men anywhere than Reod and Bing ham. Thai. ann,nM.. .. t.t.u.u,,,cuu iuvurai,y created a suspicion that all waa not right with the setup. It suggested no serious consideration would be given the Inflation subject. If that Is the purpose It will nnt be successful. The pressure for ac- -.vi is w strong, something must, be done to meet It. Martial Law in Rumania BUCHARRflT Tnah a in, , - w. inrj 1 aw Rumanian parliament tonl&ht au thorized tho government to declarw martial law in Rumania. BEVERLY HILLS, Cul ' Feb. 2 The RecOnst ruction Finance is fine men. Honcut and mean well, and if it was water they were distributing it weuld help the people. The plan was mPlinr. t.n llAln ITii wafn. rna down hill and moistens every- thintr on its wav. but cold nr money goes up hill. The Reconstruction loaned tho railroads money, medium and small banks money and all they all did with it was pay off what they owed to New York banks. See the money went up hill instead of down. . You can drop a bag of gold in Death Valley, which is below sea level, and beforo Saturday !i .-Ml l. l . - J - T T T 11, n ill- uu uuuie lu Jt nin u, ir. Yours, .' i(auJU)tsMsju.talst.iis, ' ROGERS 'says: