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Third Week of Merchants-Tribune Popularity Contest Launched Medford Mail Trtjun The Weather Forecast: Fair and continued cold tonight and Tuesday. Temperature: Paid-Up Circulation People who pay (ox then newspapers are the best prospects for the adver tisers, a. B O. circulation la paid ap circulation. Tola newspaper la n. b. a Highest yesterday jal Lowest this morning Twenty-Seventh Year MEDFORD, OEEGOX, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1933. No. 271. BMP -I ' I 1 ' . Comment on the Day's News 4 By FRANK JENKINS. IN THIS COLUMN yesterday Andrew Collier, of Klamath Falls, was quoted regarding the unemployment lelHf situation. In the same talk, he gave sob. or his own Ideas regarding he causes of the depression, what must happen to o,ng about ita cure and some of the tendencies thst may be expected to follow as a result of it. You will find these Ideas Interest ing. Or at least this writer did. itjr ARE hearing a lot," Mr. Col- W Her said, "to the effect that as a result of this depression the existing order will give way to something x quite different, more socialistic, wiin Government planning about every. thine that Is done. Technocracy Is widely discussed. "Personally, I think thla depression la the old story of over-expansion. over-Inflation and the necessary re adjustment. I think we will come out of It In much the same way we have come out of others.' T1AT la a sane and reasonable view. In times of stress, such as these, when things are going badly, we are prone to look for miracles something spectacular that will change every thing overnight. We are especially prone to look for aome solution that will bring about what we want to see without too much hard work and sacrifice on our part. DEPRESSIONeTwlth the specula tlou and ove'r-inTTa'tlolf'that' pre cede and CAUSE them, are really a lot like over-eating. It's a lot of fun while It lasts, and avArvttnriv has a eood time, but the Inevitable result of over-eating, long continued. Is an upset stomach. In order to RECOVER, we have to eat very lightly for a considerable time afterward. We went on an over. eating spree during the big yeara pre ceding 1929, and now we are going on slim rations while we are recover ing. tttht nf future taxation W Well, Mr: Collier looks for con tinuation of graduated Income taxes, with probably higher rates for the bigger Incomes, and for-Increasing In heritance tax rates. The tendency, he thinks, will be to hold down the vsst fortunes at the top without Interfering too much with the smaller ones at the bottom. THAT, In thla 'wrlter'e Judgment, will NOT be a. dangerous ten- ' dency. No civilization has ever yet benefitted permanently by the con centration of lta wealth Into too few hands, and many have suffered there from. That was one of the causes of Rome's downfall. Stability and prosperity are likely to be furthered by Increasing the number of moderately well-to-do peo ple, rather than by permitting the concentration of wealth In a rela tively small number of vast fortunes. THE MACHINE, Mr. Collier thinks. Is not ths menace many people seem to believe. He pointed out, for example, that from 1910 to 1930 the number of persons over 30 years of age gainfully employed In this country Increased approximately 50 per cent, while the Increase In population during thla period was only about 30 per cent. The 30 years from 1910 to 1930 saw the greatest Increase In use of ma chinery ever witnessed In thla coun try. But, you see. while the use -of machinery was being expanded at a rate never known before employment was Increasing more , rapidly ' than population. THE STORY of the past offers no sound reason for believing that the machine will enormously decrease employment. Instead, the hlatory of the machine has been that It has IN CREASED employment by cheapening production costs and thus stimulating consumption of the products of In y dustry. There Is an old saying, you know, to the effect that there Is no new thing under the aun and another one to the effect that history repeats Itself. ' tConUnuafl eg Paga Two). . I $20,000 RANSOM JZZZZ. IS DEMANDED BY LJUOIIERS Note Threatens Death if Police Notified of Crime Ruse Lures 65-Year-Old Woman From Home LOS ANGELES. Feb. 6. P) Sixty-five-year-old Mary B. Skeele, wife of Walter Skeele, dean of the college of music of the University of Southern California, waa being held by kid napers today with a demand that 20,000 ransom bo paid for her free dom. The woman was kidnaped last even ing from her home, on the pretext she was being taken to an emergency hos pital to see her husband, reported critically Injured In an automobile accident. Despite an Intensive all-night search, police had found no trace of Mrs. Skeele today. After questioning a score of relatives and friends of the woman, detectives said they would center their Investigation at the uni versity where Dr. Skeele taught. Death Threatened. The ransom note, which threatened death for the woman In case the af fair should be reported to police, bore the printed name of Dr. Skeele. clip ped from a pamphlet Issued by the college of music. Mrs. Skeele was at home alone last evening when a man called her oy telephone and represented himself to be a doctor. He told her that her husband had been Injured In a traffic accident and that an automobile was being sent for her. nrintlmipH nn Parrs Thw G. 0. P. MAVERICKS SAFE, SAYSM'NARY WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. (Sen ator MoNary of Oregon, slated to be Republican leader In the new senate. In an interview today said there ws "not & chance In the world" of suc cess of any attempt to discipline Re publican independents who supported President-elect Roosevelt by denying them committee assignments or read ing them out of the party. He and other Republican regulars acknowledged there had been some of the now and then recurring talk about such a step among the newer senators, but the Oregonlan promptly put his foot on It. President's Tariff Authority Upheld WASHINGTON, Feb. . p The authority of the President to change customs duties without disclosing confldental information submitted by American producers to the tariff com mission was sustained today by the supreme court. Roosevelt Yacht ' Reaches Nassau NASSAU, Bahamas, Feb. fl, p) President-elect Roosevelt, who ar rived here this morning on a vaca tion cruise on Vincent Aster's yacht, ths Nourmahal, set out this after noon on a fishing trip In the tug Malolo. GENERAL MOTORS DIVIDEND IS 25c NDW YORK. Feb. i. (flV-.Directors of General Mtora Corp. today declar ed the regular quarterly dividend of 25 cents a share on the common stock. PENITENTIARY NIGHTMARE OVER FOR REFORMED MAN CLEVELAND. Feb. 6. (AP) Harry Stanley emerged from a month-long nightmare Saturday night and found himself at his own fireside with his family. In that time Stanley had worn a convict's garb In a Colorado prison and had been pardoned by governors In two states for crimes committed nearly a score of years ago. About a month ago today, two de tectives stepped up to Stanley here and arrestd him as a fugitive from Justice In Colorado. He had escaped from prison there In 1B17. Three days later they branded him a fugi tive from Missouri. "I admit I am a fugitive. said Stanley, "and I'll go back and show them I have reformed. I am build ing a 825.000 home In Cleveland. I am a partner In a music publish! ng firm and I have gone straight for Miss Mary Louise Moore of Clear water, Fla, waa crowned queen ol ths Florida orange festival at Win. terhaven. (Associated Press Photo) MASS SUICIDE OF CHINESE FARMERS IN TORTURE FEAR By Morris J. Harris Associated Press Staff Correspondent. SHANGHAI, China, Feb. 6. (AP) An apparently extravagant story of how 4000 Chinese farmers committed suicide rather than fall captive to communists in the southern Interior province -of -Klangsi constituted- to-day's sensation, in tho Chinese news papers. . , The papers declared .the .tragedy occurred in a village near Nlngtu, southeast Klangsl, In the heart of the Chinese Soviet district. The reds were reported to have besieged the villagers for many months. When it appeared the former would soon gain entrance, the farmers were said to have ended their lives. The women and children, the stor ies said, had been sent to safety be fore the siege started. The farmers food stores were reported replenished by airplanes which flew over the vil lage, dropping food and salt. When the reds came into the town they found "nothing but 4000 corpses," said one account. The communists were said to have blocked the farmers' water supply, writing their doom. The defeated forces were said to have taken their lives because they feared they would be subjected to tortures at the hands of the reds. CHANGCHUN. Manchuria. Feb. (AP) Big Japanese concentrations at all strategic points along the east ern border of the' Chinese adminis tered territory of Jehol continued to day. It was Impossible to conceal the activities although orders were being kept secret. 0-G TAX REFUND Apportionment of the O.-C. tax re fund money, amounting to $60,182.91 has been made by the assessor's of fice, and turned over to the treasur er's office. The apportionment of the claims is as follows: Inside high school districts.. 6307 51 Outside high school districts 30.411.lfi Special road districts. 433.80 Special school districts .. 18.493.48 A claim of the city of Jacksonville for 87.00 Is allowed. Voluntarily Stanley went to Colo rado and entered prison for the theft of an automobile. There was a hear ing and executive clemency. Then Stanley went to Jefferson City. Mo., and the governor of Uis sourt pardoned him for the same kind of crime committed in St. Louis In 1016. If Usose two governors had failed to act. the law would have put Stanley behind the bare for about five years. Sixteen years ago Harry Stanley was Glenn Smeemsn and be got in bad with the law In three states. Michigan. Missouri and Colorado. But his friends in Cleveland say Olenn Smeeman has been nonexistent for years. And Stanley's wife whom he mar ried a year or so aaro went with him ! to flvht his way to freedom. Until ihc was arrested she didn't know he had been a crUnlnnJ , DAPPER SENATE OFFICER QUOTES David Barry Reads State ment As Solon Committee Considers Punishment for Stories of Corruption WASHINGTON. Feb. . P) The senate Judiciary committee today re cessed Its Investigation of the state ment by David S. Barry, senate sor-geant-at-arms, that some members of congress sell their votes for money, without taking action, but with an agreement to continue tomorrow. WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. (Ap pearing in his own defense before the senate Judiciary committee today. David 8. Barry, senate sergeant-at-arms, cited public charges of con gressional bribes to support his maga zine article saying some members o: congress sell their votes for money. Holding his derby hat and cane In one band,' the nattily-dressed official now under suspension for bis writ ing read a prepared statement to the committee considering how to pun ish him. 4 He cited a statement by Senator Glass (D Va.) In the senate last spring that banking Interests had "hired some congressmen" to oppose banking legislation. Says Crooks Few. The committee was Inquiring Into Barry having said In an article that there are "not many crooks in congress,"- and also that there are only a few senators and representatives "who sell their votes, and It is pretty well known who those few are." ,Aged 73,.. the veteran, employe wo suspended Friday after a public trial In the senate. Involved also In the consideration given the case by the committee whether it should point its investiga tion toward the New Outlook, the magazine which published Barry's ar- (Continued on Page Three) 4 SPOTS PERSUING FORT WORTH, Tex., Feb. 8. (AP) General John J. Pershing and his sister, Miss Mary Pershing, who are motoring to New Mexico and Arizona for a vacation, left today for Tucson. They spent the night here. E. B. Melton, railroad passenger agent and an ex-sergeant of the A. E. recog nized the general who la traveling Incognito. Melton saw a tall, erect, gray haired man In a hotel lobby. "Aren't you General Pershlng7' he asked. "What makes you think so? the man countered. "X know you are.' replied Melton, "you Inspected me In France." Gen eral Pershing laughed and admitted his Identity. WATSON DEFEATED IN TEST OF POWER WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. (AP) In "a test" of party control demanded by Senator Watson, the republican leader, the senate today rejected his motion to go Into executive session to consider President Hoover's noml nstlons. The action followed a bit ter partisan debate between Watson and Senator Robinson, ths democra tic leader. COLD SNAP COMING MID-WEST WARNED KANSAS CITT, Feb. . (AP) A. M. Hamrlclc. federal weather observer. Issued a warning today that possibly tba coldest weather In three winters Is due tomorrow night. The coldest temperature so fsr this winter waa 5 degrees below zero. In December. B0NFILS ESTATE TO FOUNDATION DENVER, Feb. . AF The bulk of the estate of Frederick O. Bonflls. publisher of the Denver Post, who died Thursday of last week, la willed to ths Frederick O. Bonflls Founda tion, which he created several years ago, for the sdvsncement of the wel fare of mankind. Abolish Efficiency. WA8HTNOTON. Feb. t.UP) Abo lition of the federal bureau of effici ency wm voted today by the senate. PORTLAND. Ore., Feb. 8. (IP) Lyle Leech. 30, was today charged with being an accessory aftr the fact to ths crime of murder as the out growth of a polios Investigation of ths fatal shooting, January 27. ! John C. Shea. 60. a grocer, by two Onft ba robbed, hn place. Wanderwell Widow Strolls To Trial At Omn Good Time LONG BEACH, Cal.. Feb. 6. (fV) Aloha Wanderwell, alluring widow and chief atate witness In the prosecution of William J. Guy for the mystery killing of her hus band, Walter Wandorwell, created i sensation In the courtroom today because of tardiness. Court orders to start a search for her created a tenso situation Immediately after the trial ses sion opened. While officers were leaving the court, she quietly strolled In, and apologized for be ing late, It being 15 minutes after oourt convened. The Judge Immediately ordered her Into custody, to be held until completion of the case, and the trial went on. JOBLESS RELIEF GROUP SELECTED SALEM, Feb. 6. (jp) Governor ! Julius L. Meier definitely made ! known today he would appoint as the statewide unemployment relief, committee the same group which has been working the past year as execu tive committee on the state relief council. The appointment of four members of the seven In each of the 36 counties has not yet been made. As previously predicted by the As sociated Press, the committee wijl consist of 71ft y mem d B. Wilcox, Port land, chairman; Paul V. Marls and Victor B. Moses, Corvallls; Mrs. W. W. Gabriel, Ray W. GUI, Alex O. Barry and Ben T. Osborne, all of Port'.and. The governor signed the relief bill .Saturday and since It carried the emergency clause, it becomes opera tive upon signature of the governor. Education Board Lacks Power Now To Close Normal SALEM. Feb. 6. (AP) Before any Institution of higher learning can be closed, a legislative enactment grant ing the board of higher education such power must be provided, At torney General I. H. Van Winkle held In an opinion handed down today.- The opinion was requested by E. O. Sammons, chairman of the finance committee of the state board. The opinion was asked by Sammons In the event the legislative appro priations were cut to such an extent that closing one of the normal schools would be Imperative. House Debates Curb On Medics SALEM. Feb. 6. 4p) 'Debate on the divided report on the Dammasch bill, calling for examination on five fun damental sciences before practice of healing arts be licensed, known as the "medical fundamentals bill,' and re ferred to as the "basic science bill," was started in the house this morn ing with a vote not expected before afternoon session. BROTHER OF CARL CALLED BY DEATH PORTLAND, Feb. 6. IP) Herman Tj. Carl, 05, owner of a large dairy ranch near Hubbard, died here Sun day, following an operation. The funeral will be held at the city hall in Hubbard tomorrow afternoon. Among survivors Is William N. Carl, living near Grants Pass. Inauguration Calls G. A. R. Veteran, 92 Francis A. Bishop. 92, of Retail, Wash., oldest living wearer of the congressional medal of honor, hat been Invited to attend the tnaugura tlon of President-elect Roosevslt and he's so spry he intends to rr.sk th trDi XAciud Pro photo) TAXES AND AUTO FEES TAKE Legislature Resumes in Fifth Week With Huge Grist of Bills for Consideration Much Debate Is Coming By the Associated Press Number bills Introduced. 617, ol which 416 In house and 201 In sen ate. Total number of bills and reso lutions. 706. Measures signed by governor, 13. Measures vetoed by governor. 0. Other measures ready for signa ture, 7. Bills passed by either house or senate, 05. Number bills withdrawn, 3T. Killed by either house. 45. Bills In committee or not yet on calendar. 431. SALEM. Peb. 6. (AP) Two speclsl orders of business In both ths house and senate, In addition to considera tion of 40 other propossls by both houses, will feature tha scheduled program of the atate legislature as tha fifth week opens today, but formulation of a tax program, recon sideration of salary reductions, and automobile license Issues will play the leading roles In the background. The thrlce-rieferred consideration or the divided report on the repeal of the criminal syndicalism act on the Oregon statutes has been set for spec ial order In the scnato at 2 o'clock. while In the houso a halt hour Aster, consideration of large signs on school buses will be the Issue. The senate measure waa expected to bring out one of the finest debates of the ses sion. . . Much Debate Looms. . Of ths other 30 measures before the house there are some which will bring out considerable debate, considera tion will be given the proposal to limit charging of Interest on automo bile loans up to $500 to one per cent a month: reduction of all county, city and district levies by 50 per cent, In creasing ths rate of bonus commis sion loans from 4 to 6 per cent and reducing loans to 40 per cent assessed valuation, permitting closing of poll ing places In rural districts at an earlier hour and several Insurance measures snd blue sky law changea. The senata has 10 other bills up for consideration, among which Is the bill to permit cities to go Into re ceivership. Under the guidance of Speaker Earl Snell and E. A. McCornack, chairman (Continued on Page Eight) HOW WE APPEAR IN EYES OF OUTSIDERS TIIK JACKSON COUNT V BATTI.K The latest development In the battle In Jacknon county Is the Issnance of warrant charging L. A. Banks, editor of the Medford News, who Is the storm center of the affray, with criminal libel, for the newspaper attack upon M. O. vvllklnn, his former attorney and lieutenant In the political affray, who deerted the cause because he was unpaid and broiiRit suit for his fees. It wua Banks' denunciation of Wllklns ttint ruined the llhel charge. A similar diatribe haa followed the filing of every suit to collect money owed. Mr. Banks In an extra edition of his paper with a headline reading "L. A. Banks will resist arrest," In a signed article sars "We have now come to that great showdown where Wood la liable to be spilt. L. A. B." Yet In the some lue, Banks tells of his organizing a "flood Oovernment Congress" to "restore law and order In Jarkson county" to prevent bloodshed. A few days ago lie led a mob of BOO to the court house to demand removal of recently elected county officials. An article signed by Bsnks, headed "Wholesale Bloodhe," In yesterday's Issue of the News says: Only a miracle may be able to prevent wholesale bloodshed In Jackson county. Citizens being deprlvrd of their property un lawfully with only their honor remaining to them, may defend their honor with their lives. Be careful boys, the hang man's noose dangles close to your necks. Having some SS foils of foreclosure for borrowd money pending, Banks demands a moratorium for debtors and trie closure of the rourts, alleging that not only the state bar association Is corrupt and controlled, but all the courts as well. Only Banks Is undeflled. He has written to Governor Meier declaring a reign of terror exists and that he will refuse to answer libel charges and that he will not be bound by decisions made In any Jarkson county court. It Is suggested that a palnlens method of ending (lie war on the Rogue would be to have Banks examined for sanity for It Is openly charged that he Is suffering from paranoia. It will he one way to avert bloodshed and end the reign of Journallntlc Hysteria. (Salem Capital-Journal.) What a mew this fellow Banks Is kicking up at Medford. He Is openly advocating defiance of the courts, and apparently for the reason that he refnues to pay his debts and wants those lie owes hamstrung so they cannot bring him to Justice. When his attorney quit because he had not been paid Banks attacked him savagely as an extortionist In his paper and now the Irate lawyer has sued Hsnks for criminal libel. Banks' usual tactics are to get the Judge disqualified as prejudiced, then when a new Judge la sent In from (he outside to get him disqualified too. The man haa con siderable capacity for stirring Ul the mob spirit and It will he fortunate lr Jackson county flnslly comes out of lier travail without something worse than a pain In the neck for everybody concerned. (Baker Herald-Democrat.) What Oregon needs Is General Jo iJine to head an expedition against the belligerent Ungues and rffrrt another tri'r-e at T'ible Hock. The state mar hate lo declare martial law lo prevent the "wholesale bloodshed" threatened by l A, Wnin tHf Irm Evangelist 111 The condition of Almeo Sample McPherson Hutton, Los Angeles evangel I at, was described by her physician at serious. She has been ill more than two years. (Associ ated Press Photo) HELD FOR MURDER OF OHANTS PASS, Ors., Peb. . (IPl Sol Stone, 72-year-old mountaineer, was found dead snd Otto Meutzol said by police to have been a firm friend , of , the dead man, was being held in the county Jail while officers investigated Stonos death today.. McuUel, brought to tho sheriffs office today by two of his sons, told officers that he had visited Stone In his mountain home, left under the Influence of liquor, returned later and whllo the cabin waa dark touch ed .the aged man and struggled with Stone only to later find him covered with blood and lying on the floor. He then rushed to his own home, he told deputies, told his sons, who went to the cabin and found Stone dead and then brought their father to the sheriff's office here. Stone waa the local representative of the Hewitt Land company of Ta coma. Wash. Dance of Death For Lodge Man ST. HELENS. Ore.. Feb. 6. (AP) The last waits of the dance was being played at a lodge dance here Saturday night and for P. C. Jacobson, 88, It waa a dance of death. As the strains of music were sig nifying the evening's finale, Jacob- son, dsnclng, fell lifeless on the floor. tHalcsmaji.) . JOHNSON CABINET Joke by Oregon Senator Puts Scribes On Trail of Cali fornian Soviet Recogni tion Solution Is Seen By PAUL MALLON (Copyrighted McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) WASHINGTON, Feb. . First men tion of Hiram Johnson as a member of Mr. Roosevelt's cabinet came aa a Joke from his sidekick, Senator Mc Nary. MoNary put the newsmen on John son's trail some weeks ago by suggest ing he had heard that maybe, per haps, buzx-busx-busz. The newsmen worried Johnson atck with Insistent queries. The matter received so much publicity that tho Democrats took up the idea and Johnson was seri ously considered. The truth of the matters appears to be that Mr. Roose velt would like to have Johnson, but that the Callfornlan will not take It. At least he would not up to a week ago. An exchange of high commissioners between the United States and Russia msy be the novel solution which the President-elect will bring forward. His close friends hers are keen about the plan. Certainly the vast potential mar keta there will hear open sesame soon. : There Is more thsn meets the eye In Delaware & Hudson's acquisition, of SOO.000 shares of New York cen tral. Purchases have been going on for months arid have been referred ' to several times In this column. There are several points worth bearing in mind: (1) Delaware Hudson sold ten million dollars worth of short term governments and other Income pro ducers In order to buy a stock with very poor dividend prospects. (2) Up to now D. Ic H. earnings on lnvoatmente have Just about off set the railroad's operating deficit. This advantageous position has now been sacrificed. (3) L. P. Loree's pot ambition has always been to head a major trunk line. (4) The announced purohase of 500,000 shares Is backed by Lores and his friends having bought a lot more on the side for themselves perliaps as much again. (Continued on Page Pour) VESSEL HELPLESS E MAR8HFIELD. Ore., Feb. 6. (AP) Her engines disabled by fire, tha Purqess Line motorshlp Pacific Ship per was lying helpless off Coos head today after gallant work by the crew In smothering tho flames which broke out In ths engine room and spread to the decks. The coast guard ssld the ehlp would be towed Into Coos Bay later In the day. Ths sea waa oalm. ths steamer Charles L. Wheeler, Jr., of the Mc cormick line was standing by and the Pacific Shipper was in no danger., Her engines were disabled to such an extent they could not be turned over. The ship carried no pasnengers. Nuns of the crew was Injured in fighting the fire, the coast guard here reported. COMMITTEE 'FAVORS . LOUDERBACK CENSURE WASHINGTON. Peb. 8. (ffV The house Judiciary eommlttee todsy voted 10 to 8 against filing impeach- : ment proceedings Against Federal Judge Harold Louderback. but by the seme ballot agreed to' file In the house a censure of the conduct of the California Jurist. Willamette Canal Plans Get Setback BUORNE. Feb. 8. (A-Jlsns for canalisation of the upper Willamette river received a setback today when the division engineer of the war de partment announced his conclusion that (lie river above Portland "Is not worthy of further Improvement by canalization at thl sttme." This report, received by the ugene chamber of commerce, was the result of a survey conducted last winter under Major Oscar O. Kentz. Port land, district tj. 8. army engineer. WASHINGTON, Peb. 8. (py Sec retary Stlmson today signed ths lame duck amendment to the constitution. Senator Norris. sponsor of the amend ment, was unable to attend the sign ing because of a previous engage meat. -J -- ' if- K. mm '4
