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o Standing of Popularity Contestants to Be Published Wednesday: Medford Mail Tribune The Weather Forecast: Fair and continued cold tonight and Wednesday, Temperature. Highest yesterday , B2 Lowest this mawiing ,i. tl Paid-Up Circulation People who pay fox their ansptpwi tie the oest praspecte for the adver tisers. 4. a a oircuUUOD Is paid ap circulation. This newspaper la a. a a Twenty-Seventh Year MEDFOKD, OREGOX, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1933. No. 272. MS SERIATE Comment the on Day's News By FRANK JENKINS. rIAN THBOWS SELF UNDER 1V1 TRAIN." So reads a headline in the news of the day. The first f, paragraph of the story following the headline reads: "An unidentified man. Toughly dressed In working clothes, made a final derisive gesture to life and leaped to hto death under a awltch engine near the Southern Paclflo pas senger station this morning." - Why? Nobody knows. Perhaps no one ever will know. But stark trag edy of some sort must have been back of such a deed. HERE Is another. 'headline: "Roose velt Off on Sea Cruise to Get Rest." He will need It. Beginning March 4, Franklin D- Room1' w1U be tne busiest man In the world, with NO CHANCE for a rest EVER. Those who carry tremendous re sponsibilities on their shoulders, as does the President of the United States, never know the real meaning of the word "rest." EDOUARD DEiAdiER. we read. Is APPOINTED premier of Prance. The premier of Prance is much more Important than the president of rrance. The French appoint their chief ex ecutive official. We elect ours. Theirs Is NOT directly responsible to the people. Ours Is. NO ODIOUS comparison Is Intended. . The French like their rtemJW We like ours best. What the people of another country like best Is not the business of an other country. It Is theirs alone. HIRE is a question that Is occupy ing a lot of attention In the news papers: "Shall we employ married teachers whose husbands have jobs?" This writer, who may be wrong, would answer that question thus: "Employ the BEST teacher, regardless of whether she has a husband wltn a, job. The children of the commu . nlty are entitled to the beet inetruc ' Won to be had for whatever money Is available -to be spent on the schools." No other consideration should gov ern the choice of teachers. THE HOUSE and senate of the Ore gon legislature adopt a Joint reso lution urging the highway coromie alon to build wooden bridges In Ore gonmeaning, of course, wherever wooden bridges are as good as. or better than bridges of other materials. ' There ARE places, of course, where steel and concrete are more satisfac tory bridge materials than wood very large structures, for example. WHY NOT Insist on the use of lum ber for bridges In Oregon? Lum ber is Oregon's most Important manu fsctured product, whv shouldn't we use It wherever we can. thus helping to create more Jobs for Oregon workers? WHY IS lumbernot generally used for bridges In all places where wooden bridges are more economical mnlt miBllV 200d? Well, the Bnswer. to that question seems to be that engineers are wholly famlltar with steel, concrete snd other building msterlals. but are not so fa miliar with wood. The lumbermen of the country have been overlooking a bet there, min hmw. nf representatives of the 1 congress of the United States, by vote of 161 to 3, REJECTS a bill to reduce the salaries of tu members from S10.000 a year to $5000. The Oregon legislature, at Its open ing session, rejected a proposal to cut the costs of the session by fall ing to provide for the members such conveniences aa law books, pencils, clerk hire, etc. Economy, you sec, Isn't regarded aa beginning at home, so far as our legis lative bodies are concerned. GRAND JURY TO PROBE INDIAN MAID'S DEATH PORTTaANT. rt. 7. JJPt The detth of Josephine Jackson. Klamath Indian girl, for which Edson Duffy, Indian youth, is being neld. will be Investi gated by the iM?rsl grand Jury now in r;?2.:n he.-?. George Nunfr, United &tte worny, miA today. BRIBE CLAIMS IN MAGAZINE STORY TO COSTPOSITION Senate Judiciary Committee Recommends Immediate Removal of David Barry Professor Denies Story WASHINGTON, Fb 7. (AP) Immediate removal of David 3. Barry as senate sergeant at arms for writ ing a magazine article that some members of congress accept bribes was recommended today by the sen ate Judiciary committee. The case comes up In the senate automatically late this afternoon for final determination. It was generally conceded the com mittee's recommendation would be adopted, Barry already being under suspension. A motion by Senator Robinson (R., Ind.,), to recommend permitting the 73-year old officer to resign was re jected by a vote of 11 to 4. Immediately prior to the drastic committee action, Professor William C. Johnstone, of George Washington university here, had denied report that he bad taught Ills political sci ence students there was corruption among the national legislators. "I have never made a statement reflecting on the Integrity of con gress," he told the committee, and was not questioned. Barry had testified he was defend ing congress in the article against a widespread belief it was corrupt, and had cited Johnstone's .teachings. TWO DAYS IRE PORTLAND, Feb. 7. Winter, which crept In from the Rocky Moun tain region during the week-end, con tinued to make its presence felt in Oregon today. The weather bureau here predicted, the cold would con tinue for at least pwo more days. The temperature fell to 6 below zero at Burns last night; to 4 above at Bend, 8 below at Baker, 33 above at Eugene. 23 at Salem, 30 at Walla Walla, and 28 at Portland and Marsh field. New Box Plant To Be Erected PORTLAND, Ore., Peb. 7. (p) plans for erection of a $150,000 box and shook plant at Cathlamet, Wash., by H. E. Leash of Clear Lake, Cal.. presi dent of the International Wood Prod ucts corporation, were announced here today by J. L. Kraft, cheese man ufacturer of Chicago, and Leash. The plant will manufacture all boxes used by the Kraft Oheese company in he United States. Fug itive Cruiser Making For Java BATAVIA, Java, Peb. 7. (AP) Chased by warships, submarines1 and flying boats, the fugitive Dutch cruiser De Zeven Provinclcn, with native mutineers In control, was west of Nias Island today, making for the Java naval base at Sourabaya. (Nlas Island Is off the west coast of Sumatra, about 800 miles north west of Batavla and about 1200 miles northwest of Sourabaya.) Judge Canon a Candidate For Land Office Post in Bourbon Administration (By Mary Grelner Kelly.) . aLEM, Feb. o(6pl.) There Is no dearth of candidate for the ap pointive Democratic offices now open, according to state Chairman Carl Donough of Portland, who was a vte-: ttor at the legislature today. I Mr. Donough, who visited Medford j during the last presidential campaign, is a candidate himself for the U. S. attorney's post, as Is John Beckman of the house, of representatives. Ash by Dickson of the state senate, Al-, fred P. Dobaon. who ran agslnet Van- I Win tie for attorney-general, and others. The only Medford resident defin itely out for one of the Democratic jobs, over Which Mr. Donmt? ! exert official influence. Is V. H. "judge" Canon, who Is one of the two being considered for the land office. In the absence of a Democratic United State senator, the rerp:ms, bility lor making theft recommend alios to tiie Preside at Uii upoa Ted Baker Resigns as SYNDICALISM LAW STAYS IN STATUTE BY SENATES VOTE Solons Vote, 22 to 8, to Re tain Measure After Two Hours' Debate Medical Bill Stays On Calendar SALEM, Feb. 7. (AP) The Oregon criminal syndicalism law will remain on the atatute books. By a vote or 22 to 8. members of the state senate late yesterday decided to retain the act, following a three-hour debate over a divided report. The minority report against the measure, calling for the repeal' of the law was sus tained. In the house, meanwhile, the so called medical fundamentals bill was assured its place on the calendar after a debate waa held on a divided re port. The majority report that the bill pass waa approved by an over whelming vote, but no vote was taken on the measure Iteqlf. 8ALEM Peb. 7. (AP) The house and senate today, following long de bates of yesterday, settled down to the grind on third reading of bills and by the noon recess had disposed of a acore of meaaurea. Senator Jay Upton made a valiant tight, today -against an. adverse re port of the education committee on his bill wbloh would change the legal school ages of pupils from 4 to 20 Inclusive, to 6 and 18 Inclusive, wltn the result that the senate vote was a tie and the bill goes on the calen dar for third reading. The bill was bitterly debated. The bill was a proposed amendment to the existing law whereby the county levies a school tax and dis tributes It to Ihe districts on the basis of the number of persons of school age. Upton claimed that to change the age limits to 6 and 18 years would save the taxpayers S575.000 a year. Establishment of a central clear ing bouse for finger prints at the state penitentiary. In co-operation with the state police, would be au thorized In a bill passed by the house. Under plans for the reorganization of the World War Veterans' State Aid commission, the house passed a bill eliminating the cash loan refund, making 1938 the final date on which loans are available Instead of 1945 and providing that for the next two years all loans made by the commis sion would be at the rate of 6 Instead of 4 per cent. The measure received the endorsement of the American Le gion and other veterans' organiza tions. SILLY The Daily News declares In a front page box today that: "Over the long distance telephone on Saturday, February 4, a represen tative of the Medford .Mall Tribune made the statement. 'If ' George Codding Is removed we are brake'." No representative of the Mall Tribune made any such statement and the publication of such a claim I n slllv falsehood. State Chairman Donough, Kation.il uommicteemen pierce and Congress man Martin. Four familiar faces brightened the crowded lobby yesterday. They be longed to Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Far rell and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hart. Attorney Farrell, newly elected presi dent of the League of Cities, was here on business concerning that or ganisation. Floyd Hart, who has tim ber at heart, was here on a little lob bying expedition affecting Jackson county. Answers to the queries of constitu ents is an expensive item Itself, and has to corrf!) out of the taxpayers' money. But If the taxpayers are will Ing to pay for it. there la no reason why their representatives shouldn't answer their questions. However, not to speak at the cost of stationary, stamps In the houoe of representatives alone amounts to (OODQDa JTQCJ 0Bl FOR FARMER WILL Emergency Measure to Be Drawn, Hurried to Enact ment This Session Is De cision Senate Committee WASHINGTON, Peb. T. (P) A decision to draw up and push to ward enactment this session an emergency measure for farm mortgage relief waa made today by a senate banking sub-committee considering the problem. The sub-committee, headed by Sen ator Fletcher (D., Fla.), decided It would be useless to seek enactment this session of any of the huge per manent proposals for Tevlslng the whole agricultural credit structure. The group decided to meet tomor row and formulate a bill designed to give a breathing space from the fore closures that have brought disorder In the farm belt. "If we can't get the bill drafted and out this week It will be no use to try to get It through this session," said Senator Stelwer (K., Ore.), a member of the group. To this end, Stelwer Indicated, the committee might combine some fea tures of emergency bills Introduced by Senators Hull (D., Tenn.). Harri son (P.. Miss.), and possibly others, .. The Hull bill would permit from $800,000,000 to 1 ,000,000.000 loans by the Reconstruction corporation to holders of farm mortgages to pay on delinquent taxes and Installments on condition there be no foreclosure for two years. . -f- FOR FEDERAL AIO IN FRUIT HARVEST Prospects brightened materially to day for the securing of federal funds for the production of the 1933 pear crop in the Rogue River valley. A telegram was received this morn' ing by J. C. Thompson, chairman of the agricultural committee of the Medford Chamber of Commerce, from Senator Frederick Stelwer at Wash ington. D. C, as follows: "In conference this morning with Director McCarthy and other officers of the Reconstruction Finance Cor poration. I was advised that loans would be made on crop security alone, Final action has not been taken on loan values, but action will be taken on apples within few days, and pears soon thereafter." A similar telegram was received by B. B. Harder, president of the First National bank. The advice that the federal loans would be made on crop security alone was held by chairman Thompson to be cheering, and what the agricultural committee has been striving for. It means that the loans will be made on the crop, if waivers can be secured on other obligations, and that the federal money will be protected by the crop, and not the land, etc., etc. This will be beneficial to growers whose orchards are encumbered. The amount sought Is 9750,000, and (Continued on Page Three) FEDERAL SALARIES WILL NOT BE CUT WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. (AP) The senate today voted to exclude salaries from a proposed blcnket cut of five per cent in government expenditures. The vote was 63 to 30 for the ex emption. "N. The proposal was adopted after Sen ator Bingham (R., Conn.) had con tended that In an effort to make the five per cent cut the Bratton amend ment demanded, department heads would discharge employes If forbidden to cut salaries. Mining Congress Advocates Board SALEM. Feb. 7. AP) A delega tion of the Oregon Mining Congress waa at the legislature today seeking enactment of a measure providing for the creation of a mining board of three members to supervise mining ,dvaiopmAat in Oregon SIR RONALD AT Sir Ronald Lindsay, British ambassador to the United States, ll shown with newspapermen at Warm Springs, Ga., after his "very sat. Isfactory" conference with President-elect Roosevelt. (Associated Prats Photo) LARGE AUDIENCE GREETS The dining room of the Hotel Med ford basement was filled to capacity today noon for the chamber of com merce forum program, devoted to the Shasta Cascade Wonderland. Mem bers of the Rotary club, members of the chamber of commerce, and guests eager to hear more about their own section of the country, listened at tentively to the story brought to them by T. V Stanley, secretary-manager of the wonderland. "Our Job Is to get the tourists here and to get them to linger here," he declared, "not to speed them through the territory in the old manner. In Jackson county they should spend at least five days; one at historic Jack sonville, a day finning the Rogue, two days at Crater lake, a day in Ashland. The tourist problem Is naturally related to this region, for we have everything to attract the visitor." . Important benefits to be derived by the region through tourist travel were emphasized by Mr. Stanley through the use of many maps and figures. showing the gain during the past year In tourist travel through the won derland and the amount of money left by tourists. The speaker was Introduced by Prof. Irving Vlnlng of Ashland, who also drew many Inviting word pictures of the region, emphasizing the need for promotion of the Shasta Cascade Wonderland program. Following the address. W. S. Bolger, president of the chamber of com merce, assured the speaker that the local chamber realizes the value of co-oporatlon In such a program and will do everything possible to sup port the enterprise. He also urged chamber of commerce members to Join the goodwill tour to tho Eagle Point Orange tonight, leaving the chamber of commerce at 7:lfi o'clock. Today's meeting was opened by Dr. W. E. Lantls of the Rotary club. An nouncement of the ham golf tourna ment at the local course Sunday morning waa made by Hamilton Pat ton. ATTORNEY FALLS 4 BUOE1N1?, Feb. 7,7P) Oflcern were considering the theory that j. Be'i Hall, Florence attorney found dead In his office yesterday, following an alleged quarrel with A. A. Robb over a Judgment, may have died aa a pe nult of apoplexy brought on by a flRht, as the investigation proceeded today. Robb admitted striking Hall in the scuffle that grew out of an argument over a Judgment Hall had obtained on Robb'e land, and he told officers Hall fell against the wall, struck his head on the corner of his desk and slid to the floor. The doctors testi fied thie might have resulted la ce. ebml shock. C-C Secretary WARM SPRINGS :E E AFTER KIDNAPING LOS ANQELE3, Feb. 7. (AP) In vestigation of the kidnaping and the release 24 hours later without pay ment of the demanded ransom money of Mrs. Mary B. Skeele, wife of Dr. Walter F. Skoele, dean of the University of Southern California music college, .centered today about Individuals closely 'acquainted with members of the Skeele, family, police announced. The authorities branded the ran som plot aa being the work of "ama teur students of crime," and predict ed arrests In the case would bo made shortly. Mrs. Skeole, 65, was Uborated by the kidnapers near her home last night after being held captive for 34 hours. Ransom of 910,000 had been demanded. The frail little woman was un harmed save for a few scratches which she said were self-inflicted when she tried to remove a gag that had been placed over her mouth by her captors. (Continued on Page Three) F Southern Oregon timber may help to span the Oolden Oate. according to M. M. McVay of Crescent City, direc tor in the Oolden Oate Bridge and Highway district, who visited here yesterday. He Is looking over the lumber situation, he stated, and Is anxious to obtain some from this dis trict for the mammoth construction The ground-breaking coremony, preparatory to construction of the bridge, to be the greatest single span In the world, will be held in San Francisco, February 28 and 2fl, Mr. McVay stated, and a glorious cele bration, fitting so great a bridge, will be held. The United States fleet will be out, the Akron will float over the bay district and the bay region and all of California is asking tho ret of the west to Join the festivities. SLAYER OF TOURIST TO RE-ENACT DEATH SCENE ' PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 7, (AP) 1 Over the same hlghwsy on which he sped five months ago In the dead man's car, William J. Moore, 34, waa taken today as state policemen ques tioned him concerning the death of a younic tourist from New Xorlt- On 8pt. 1. last. Harold F. O'Con nor of Brooklyn waa shot to death by a man he had picked up on the high way. His automobile, money and travelers1' checks were stolen. Last night, state police at La Grande said. Moore confewed to them he saw voung O'Connor slain and that he fled in the young man's automobllb v rnii nr in i i niii SECURES LOCAL MAN'SSERV1CES Formal Resignation to Be Given Board of Directors Thursday Is Expectation Means Better Position BOISE. Idaho. Feb. 7. (AP) Mayor James P. Pope, senator-elect from Idaho, announced yesterday that W. T. Lockwood, secretary of the Boise chamber of commerce, would be his secretary in Washington. Senator-elect Pope will leave here February IS and Lockwood will leave March 1 after Initiating his own suc cessor Into office. C. T. Baker, Med ford, Ore., will become secretary of the Boise chamber. Information was received here to day confirming report of the appoint ment of O. T. Baker, secretary of the Medford Chamber of Commerce. secretary of the Boise, Idaho, cham ber. Wire from Mr. Baker was re ceived last nght by Mrs. Baker an nouncing that he would return to Medford Wednesday. His formal reslg- ' C. T. Baker nation. It la understood, will be pre sented the Medford board of directors at the next meeting, acheduled for Thursday noon of this week. No con sideration of a successor will be made until that time, It la aald. Promotion for Baker, The appolntmont to the Boise chamber represent an important In crease In salary aa well aa work In a much larger field, for Mr. Baker. Boise, the capital of Idaho, Is a city of more than 30,000 population and one In which an extensive chamber of commerce program la already under way. Mr. Baker was aummoned to that city ilast week-end by wire and tele phone call, asking If he would be Interested In the position, Mrs. Baker said this morning. . The Invitation came as a great surprise, and he left to Investigate the offer Saturday evening. Money Assured. He waa assured by the Boise board of directors that there would be no obstacles to encounter In carrying out the chamber of commerce program, that the money hsa already been raised for the extensive projects under consideration, and that there la money in the bank for next year. It will be necessary for him to give the local chamber of commerce board two weeks' notice before leaving for the new territory. Mr. Baker came to Medford six yeara ago from Hood River, where ha was secretary of the chamber of commerce for two years, before accepting the local position. Active In Arfalra Here. During the past six years he has played an Important part in all activi ties In southern Oregon, bringing. In spite of obvious obstacles, much valu able publicity to this section. He has elded greatly In Improving marketing facilities for fruitgrowers, working (Continued on Page Five) and that he caalied his checks. Moore's confession declared anoth er man whom he could not name fired the shots that killed O'Connor after the two had plotted to rob the traveler. The killing occurred near Coopey Falls on the Columbia high way. Deputies aiul state troopers left La Orande today with Moore in custody, traveling over the same highway. They planned to stop at Coopey Falls and there have Moore enact his ver slon of the flay lng. Tonight Moore will be lockid In a cell In the county Jail. Today murder charges were be ,lnf prepared. tWILIFAY BEFORE MARCH 4 OFFICIAL BELIEF War Debt Installment Ma neuvers Like Poker Game Big Public Works Pro gram May Be Inflation Aid Br r.U'L MALLOX (Copyrighted by McOlure Newspaper Syndicate.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. Britain and Prance found out belatedly about Mr. Stlmaon'a little International poXer game on war debta. That explains the eurious maneu vera you have aeen recently from Parla and London. Poker Dick waa a forthright man compared with the writers of officially Inspired die patchea lately from abroad. The in alde on the thing la that Britain aua pecta the real purpose of Mr. sum son's game, which la to make Prance pay. She cannot be a party to that trick because she has an agreement with Prance. Considerably more bluffing will go on before anybody shows his hand. The French were on the verge at paying last week when they awok to what Stlmson waa doing. Banker In close touch with them had Infor mation that the Frenfe Ia.Hmm mu working on an arrangement to push the chamber of deputies into line. She was afraid England waa getting preferred sub-rcua treatment from us. Later she became .wary. uur omciaia are certain pay-men will come from Parla before March 4. A biff OUblle WrtrlrB nnwaw mil v& the inflationary xtan mw, ..... tho current Harrison hearings. The boys have not decided defln- itelv on It vet. hilt, that I. ... have In mind to offset all thla cur rency iniiation stuff. They thin the mlffht start 1t. nf. wit t w.t lions, stepping It tip higher Jater, If Mr. ROOAAMlfc nnt. . . . . Idee, but he haa consented to let the wya explore It i A trial bnllnnn fn. th H..1.11. 1. ..... iiuuiiv wins. plan was put out In New York lait week by Prof. Tugweli of the Roose velt board of beat minds. He worked into a seven-point new deal nro. grain. You will hear more of It from here on. - Twrwell trlerf f Hv .n 1.1- -i Iri baalo points Included a balanced budjret and .nunrt uanM -it aa five billions for publlo works. Those three things are hardly snalag- The new deal sa f&r inciHrf following promises: jn announcement for a balanced budget; 35 per cent economies; an increase In Incom. tnvu nmhiMti.- repeal; the allotment bill; sound our- ivnuj, a war avm. arrangement which will bring economlo Improvement; Russian rapprochement. otner ideas will be added before It (Continued on Page Seven) WILL ROGERS BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Feb. 6. Funny thing, in the same. paper Saturday that told abont the senate versus honesty, the Coolidgo autobiogrnphy in that very day's installment said: "If the senate has weakness it's because the people send men lacking in ability and character. But this is not the fault of the senate. It can't choose its members. It has to work with what is sent to it. "When I wag elected vice president I was going to learn the rules of the seuate. Then I found that the senate had but one rule and that war that the senate would do anything it wanted to do whenever it wanted to do it." Now there's the words of a man that listened to 'em for two years and argued with 'em for six. Tours,
