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Just 13 More Days Before Hawaiian Trip Winner Is Determined Medford Mail Tribtjne The Weather Forecast: Rain tonight and Tuesday, Warmer tonight. Temperature. Paid-Up Circulation People who pay tor then newspapers are the beat prospects (or thB adver tleera. a. B O. circulation ,1s paid up circulation, rbla newspaper la a. B. O. Highest yesterday Lowest this morning , No. 2S3. Twenty-Seventh Sear MEDFOKD, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1933. WW I JVJU mm Ma Banks Guarded by Gunmen Though Fears Based on Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS A CRAZED assassin tires fire shots at President-elect Roosevelt, missing him, but hitting five other people who were standing near; among them the mayor of Chicago. As these words are written, two of the five are hanging between life and death. IT IS terrible that such things jhould happen. We OUGHT to be 'Se to do something effective about It. But when a mad dog runs amuck In a crowd, biting people right and left, about all we can do Is ahoot the dog, which doesn't help those who have been bitten. There are many terrible things In this world alpng with many pleasant things. Tas shooting reveals Roosevelt as a warm and human and likeable man one whom we can admire un reservedly as an Individual. As the .shots ring out, an effort Is made to hustle him away from the scene of danger. He Is the President elect of the United States, and after March 4, he will be the most Im portant person In the world. For the greatest good of the greatest number, It la essential that he be protected at any cost. But he refuses to be hustled away, Insisting upon remaining and help ing the wounded, taking Mayor Cer- mak In his own car to the hospital rROBABLT, from the standpoint of -the greatest good to the greatest number that was unwise. The assas sin might not have been through Shooting. He might have had accom plices who were ready to open Tire If be failed. His refusal to be hustled away, his Insistence upon remaining to do his PERSONAL part In giving assistance bo the wounded, might have cost the Ufa of the president-elect of the United States, with Incalculably Im portant consequence to a nation of 120 million people. But this writer, for one, Is glad that Roosevelt stayed, for his staying re veals him unmistakably as possessing Khose qualities of courage, eelf-forget-fulhess and sympathy that enable men to be truly great leaders. rns nation la passing through dark days, and If It la to reach the sunshine that Is unquestionably somewhere ahead how far ahead we do not yet know It must have lead erahlp in which It has implicit con fldence: leadership It Is willing to follow through thick and thin, through good and bad. Leadership of this sort is not wholly a matter of the head, for peo ple will not follow BRAINS ALONE unhesitatingly. Such leaders must possess qualities that endear them to the crowd, that stamp them as ordin ary human beings among other ordin- ary human beings, Roosevelt's Instinctive reaction In a moment of danger proves that he possesses these qualities. M "T"Hi: senate, with votes to spare passes the Blaine resolution for repeal of the prohibition amendment. It goea now to the house, snd If the house passes It by the necessary two thirds majority It will go to the President. If the President signs It, It must then go to the states and before It becomes effective It must be ratified by conventions In two-thirds of the etetes 38 altogether. Changing the constitution of the United States la quite a job. CHANOrNO the' constitution, Inci dentally. OtTO-HT to be quite i Job. Here in Oregon, we change our con stitution about as easily and with about as little formality as we change our shirts. As a result, the constitu tion of the atate of Oregon means little or nothing. The time MIGHT come when it would be important to have the con stitution of Oregon mean something. n EPRESENTATIVE GODFREY ' OOODWIN. of Minnesota, (Continued on Pag FourJ CANDIDACY LEGAL SAYS WORTH Schermerhorn Attorneys Leave Inference Ballot Boxes Have Been Tam pered With Since Election Following a decision by Circuit Judge O. p. Sklpworth of Lane county, that former Sheriff Ralph O. Jen nings, "write-In" candidate for eheritl, was eligible under .Oregon law, the Introduction of testimony to estab lish a foundation for a recount was started In the election contest of Ralph Q. Jennings against Sherlfl Schermerhorn. The defense, headed by Attorney Elton Watklns of Portland contested the move, with the Inference that the ballot boxes were tampered with, after the election and while In the clerk's office. Stickers Come Loose. The contention was based upon the claim that 11 stickers on- ballot pouches had been removed. Robert Bell, Janitor at the courthouse, tes tified that he bid picked the precinct stickers off the' window-sill, and off the floor of the clerk's office. Bell titled they were stored In the clerk's olflco until December 3t when they were placed In a vault, In the base ment. - Former County Clerk Delilah Ste vens Meyer testified that on the can vas pouches difficulty - was experi enced in making the stickers adhere, and that their falling off has no significance. No Tampering, Is Claim. The plaintiff contends that the loosening of the stickers on the out side of the boxes was unavoidable. and that the contents of the boxes, or the boxes themselves had not been tampered with. Janitor Bell testi fied he saw none of the keys and paid no attention to the locks. Bell was asked a series of questions, freighted with Inference by Attorney Watklns. He was asked If he had seen lights burning In the clerk's of fice at night. He replied that he had seen lights burning In all the of fices at night." A packed courtroom listened to the proceedings thla afternoon. Judge Sklpworth, In his decision from the bench, ruled there were no clauses in the Oregon law that "pre cluded the citizens of Jackson county from writing In the name of whom soever they pleased, fn the space very properly provided for that purpose on the ballot." Jennings Not Barred. The court further held that no provisions of the Oregon election laws barred Jennings sa a "write In candi date." If the voter so desired. It was also ruled that ths fact that Jennings was s defeated primary candidate did not affect his eligibility as a "write-In" csndldate. Actual recounting of the votes cast In the contest will begin ss soon sa the preliminary evidence is completed. It is expected that the count will take at least three dnys. The count will be under the. direction of the court. Former Clerk Testifies. Mrs. Delilah Stevena Meyer, former county clerk, was cslled as the first (Continued on Page Eight) TRIPLE MURDER FOUND IN BRIGHT LIGHTS "SPEAK" NKW YORK, Feb. 20 (AP) pushed Into the mfdtnwn speakeasy and stumhied upon triple murder. On the floor before the bar lay the bodies of a young brunette, attrac. ttve. and of John B?an, bandit and burglar of New York and New Jersey who performed last December the rare feat of escaping from Sing 8lna prison. Behind the bar wm the body of Michael Griffin. 45-year old bar tender. Each had ben killed by a ahot which entered the right aide of the head. Police did not know who the wo man was. She was about 25 years old, an at tractive person modishly attired. Sweeney, making hta regular round of the mifitnwn apeakeaay belt with hta newspapers, had run up the short flight of steps of the Browostone house at 397 West 62nd street, pass ing through the hall, he found the door leading to the barroom ajar. The bodies of the ir.aa and woman were almost at lilt feet as be pushed hla way in. In Rock Tossing Net Gene Goss, salesman, was held by Oakland, Cal., police on a mur der charge after ho had bean ar. rested for hurling rocks at passing automobile! In Nllea canyon, near that city. One man was killed when a atone passed through the wind shield of a passing car and a wo man aerloualy Injured. Several oth er cars were damaged. (Aaaooiated Presa Photo! BULLETIN Four secret Indictments were returned by the grand Jury late this afternoon and bench war rants were Issued by Judge O. F. Sklpworth, who Is setting in Judge Norton's court, for arraign ment of the party or parties named In the Indictments tomor . rowiuorninc;. ' FRIENDLINESS DF 1 LDAGAI Copyright by McClure Newspaper Syndicate. Bv Paul Mallon. WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. The late campaign friendliness of Roosevelt and Smith Is waning rapidly. Those who know Smith say he feels slighted because he -haa been omitted from the consultations with leaders. That feeling was behind his curt remark that he would not be Interested In going Into the senate or the cabinet. The betting now Is that he will not have a direct hookup with the new administration. This will make him a much more prominent factor next fall in the city situation. A New York bank with first rate Japanese contracts has reports of an Important shift In Japsnese policy. The liberal element, backed by small business men throughout the empire, la gaining the ascendancy. Thla Im plies a drawing In of the mllltaristto horns. The Manchurlan expedition left the small business msn cold. He saw the two huge corporations Mitsui and Mitsubishi swamping him with cheap labor and machines in Man churia. Also he was being ruined by the financial consequences of the military policy. The change in Germany falls to worry New York except for Ger- (Continued on Page Three) John Sweeney, peddling his pHperv known as "Pork) "a Place early today On the bar were four one dollar bills and some silver change from a larger bill which apparently had been given In payment for drinks. In the Inside pocket of Egan'a coat was a fully loaded pistol of .38 calibre. The shooting was done at close range. There were powder burns about the heads of all three victims. Police concluded, too, that the mur ders were done quickly and without warning.' for the place showed no slgna of disorder. Robbery was not the motive, they said Money in the cash register and In the men's pockets had not been touched. Escape was by way of a back yard from which egress Is possible to Eighth avenue. In the yard were found two pencils and a grey fedora hat. On these cluea police set store today. It was recalled that earlier this month a pencil waa the clue that led to solution of the murder of an eight year old girl GUNMAN TO 80 YEARS IN use; FULL CONFIDENCE Resolution, expressing confidence in the honesty. Integrity and ability of Circuit Judge H. D. Norton, District Attorney George Codding and com missioner R. E. Nealon was passed by unanimous vote of the Klwanla club today at luncheon at the Hotel Med ford. at a meeting held In observance of the birthdays of George Washing ton and Abraham Lincoln. The resolution reads: "Whereas, vicious and unwarranted attacks have been made and are being made upon our courts, and upon our duly elected officers, particularly Judge H. D. Norton. District Attorney Codding and Commissioner neaion, Be It therefore resolved, mat we do hereby express our confidence In the honesty. Integrity and ability oi said officers; "Be It further resolved that we pledge our aupport to aald offlcera and promise whenever and wherever opportunity offers to use our best en deavors to get the true facts before any person or group of persons, to the end that said officers ahall have 'the aupport of every loyal citizen of Jack- sun county: - ; ., , ,v, "Be It further -resolved that we Mmmind these officers and other dulv elected officers of Jackson county for their efforts to enforce the law, and urge that their efforts be continued, and believe that in so doing, the otflcera of Jackson county will shortly have the united support of all loyal citizens." Professor A. L. Bowmer ot tne Southern Oregon Normal school, en tertsined the Klwanlana with an in spiring reading from Drtnkwater's play on the life of Abraham Lincoln. He was introduced ny oupt. a,. i Hedriok, chairman of the patriotic program. Rev. Alexander G. Bennett led the club members in singing "America the Beautiful," and It was announced that Attorney Porter J. Neff. wlii had been engaged aa the. main speaker for the day, "was unable to be present A. Joint meeting of clubs st the Llthla Hotel In Ashland tomorrow noon, to be addressed by Prof. Irving Vlning. was announced, and Klwan lana were urged to attend. By a unanimoue vote of the club, C. T. Baker, retiring secretary of the chamber of commerce, who has ac cepted a position with the Boise chamber, was wished "God speed and the greatest success In his new posi tion.". Todays meeting of the club was the last Mr. Baker will attend before hta departure. SENATE APPROVES LOANS 10 STATES WASHINGTON, Feb. 30. (AP) The Wagner bill, expanding the fede ral government'a unemployment re lief program was passed today by the senate. The senate previously adopted the Wagner aubstltute for the LaFoliette)' Costlgan unemployment relief bill. The vote on the Wagner aubstltute waa 44 to 38. It. nrovldes for loans. Instead of gifts, to the states. The bill, anonsored by Senator Wagner (D.. N. T.). was overwhelm ingly approved and sent to the house The Wagner program Includes an additional $300,000,000 for relief loana to atatea and speeding up public con struction by broadening the law under which losna are made from the re construction corporation's el, 500,000.- 000 fund. LOCOEBlRS In a aeries of debates with Athland and Grants Pass, Medford high school lost one debate with the latter school, giving the local teams the champion ship of this conference The local de baters will next participate In the district schedule, as soon as those areas are definitely determined, C. G. Smith, principal st Medford high school said this afternoon. Medford is represented b7 Prances and Elizabeth Ferry. Cleo Hicks. Wini fred Roseborough and Dolph Jans. ZANGARA SENTENCED Medford Police Disarm Follower of Publisher Who Bore Big Revolver L. 0. Van Wegen Apprehended on Street Was One of Committee Calling On Nealon for Resignation Another example of the "super-psychology and salesmanship" of L. A. Banks, and his ability to sell intelligent persons on fantastic notions ot conspiracies and abuse, was evidenced Sunday when L. O. VanWegen was apprehended by city police and a .45 army Colts revolver taken from him In front of a local restaurant. Van Wegen arrested Sunday morning about 0 o'clock by City Policeman Joe Cave, after bystanders had seen VanWegen get out' of his car, take the gun from nis pocaei. and put it In the pocket of hla car. When he came out of the reataurant. Cave took the gun. which had three notches filed on the handle. He's for Good Government! VanWegen la one of the committee from the Good Government congress that called upon Commissioner Em- mett Nealon, at Nealon 's home two Weeks ago. -and demanded that he ra sign, and left with, the-statementthat "If you don't resign, other means will be found of removing you from office." The Dally News haa been an armed camp alnce paper belonging to the Newa waa attached, and open threats have been made that If any more at tachments were levied they would be resisted. VanWegen told offlcera Sun day that he waa buying the paper now. " ..... ... When officers asked VanWegen If other members of the Oood Gov ernment congress,, who were guard ing the office also carried their guns about the town, he said they Old not, but that "too many things have been missing around there while we were gone, and I didn't want to take any chances by leaving my gun there To Face Charge. VanWegen asked to have his case postponed for several days, as he haa a Job In Ashland. VanWegen was not placed In Jail, but hla gun waa taken by offlcera, and a complaint charg ing the carrying of concealed woapona in a car la being prepared. . Numerous times In the past three years, Banks has had either mrea detectives or ardent followers guard ing his newspaper or his home, all of which tended to Impress on the minds of bis followers that he was the subject of plots and persecutions. Not once, in the three years, has there - (Continued on Page Eight) RECHECifvOTES THIS WEEK FOR Today marks the opening of the fifth week of the Merchants-Tribune popularity contest and. with less than two more weeks left before the winners are announced, lntereat la reaching a high pitch. With exactly thirteen more daya In which contes tants may work for popularity votes, It will be anybody's race until the night of Saturday, March 4th. A complete recheck of all votes aubmltted by popularity contest workers will be made thla week so that any possible errors In previous counts may be rectified before the final week of competition. AH bal lota are carefully filed under each girl's name so that a check may be made at any time. Only eleven more days remain for contestants to secure votes in the Merchants - Tribune contest which meana that those who are striving or the two delightful vacation trips will put forth extra effort to win the .coveted prises. The winner will enjoy a voyage to Hawaii, with luxurious accommodations aboard ship and marvelous nine -day stop over in Honolulu as a guest of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, overlooking roman tic Walkikt Beach. The second prize la almost as alluring as the first price trip. It is a boat voyage from Seattle to Victoria. B. C thence to Ssn Francisco and return. Of course, all expensea of the two delightful trips will be fully paid. PENITENTIARY WILKINS LETTER ADDS A CHAPTER TO BATES CASE , A letter .written yesterday by At torney' M. O. Wilklns to r. A. Bates. erstwhile Foots Creek miner, reveals the extent of the breach between the lawyer and hla former client, Mr. Bates, and writes another chapter in the case of Bates, whose cause has long been espoused by I. A. Banks, publisher of the Dally News. The letter follows: "Ashland, Ore., Feb. 10, 1933. "Mr. F. A. Bates, "805 East 2nd street, -.y.:-. 'Albany, Oregon. ''My Dear Sir: "Your scurrilous letter of February 17 doea not deserve reply, but I am fully aware that you and' your good wife are relying upon L. A. Banks to bring you and. your mines Into fame and great prosperity, and from nil present Indications you- Are soon to experience complete disappointment, "Hftvlnc mummed and conducted th resnonslbllltv ef vour legal mat- UtB for tlmeJ( and having prepared to defend you In a criminal case 4n this county, X deem It my duty as an officer of the courts, to attempt to correct some of your false Impres sions. "On June 16, 1933, L. A. Banks nv ployed ma In writing, to defend you In a criminal case, and therein agreed over his signature to pay 9350 at torney fees, but I did not at any time agree to "work with him and he (Banka) would put me in district at torney office' as stated In your letter. My candidacy for district attorney was not announced until juiy in. 1933. and then it was upon a plat form of INOBPENDENCY, as followa: (Continued on Page Three) Fgrpt Hcents Gold Mines ALEXANDRIA (AP) The Egyptian government has sent B. 8. Jenkins, Its English inspector of mines, to debet El Sukmarl to survey districts In which gold la thought to exist. Mosquito Control Bill Is Big Legislative Item (By Mary Orelner Kelly) SALEM, Feb. 10. (Bpl.) O oourse the mosquito la a nulaance. Ask the man who awats one but misses. Some folks seem to be In doubt on the question however. Bo a bill lay ing down the law on that Insidious offender, was Introduced In the house last week. Bearing the Imposing title of House. Bill 47S, this measure calls for an set to authorize the creation of mos quito control districts, snd to provide for the organization, management and financea thereof, and to declare mosquito breeding places a nuisance. To allay an uncertainty as to the prestige this bill holds on the house calendar, let It be known that the names of five representatives and two senators are affixed to It aa eponsora. Some of the major bills have only one or two named epon sora. Perhaps It's the maternal Instinct, alleged to be Inherent In every wom an, which prompts Representative Hannah Martin, only feminine mem ber of the house to give the 69 boya I Figment E WILL FOLLOW IF CERMAK PASSES MIAMI, Fla., Feb, 20. (AP) Qui seppe Zangara today was sentenced to 80 years In prison for hla attack February 15 on President-elect Roos evelt, Miss Margaret Kruls of Newark, N. J., Russell Caldwell of Coconut Grove. Fla., and William Slnnott, New York policeman. He was sentenced to 20 years on each of the four charges which were attempted to murder, getting the maximum sentence in each case. Zangara may yet be tried for mur der. His pleaa today did not cover the cases of Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago and Mrs. Joe H. QUI ot Mi ami, who ere In a hospital here. Jokes With Judge After the sentence was pronounced Zangara aald "Judge, how much you give me?" Zangara held up his fingers eight oi them. "Yes," said the Judge. "Oh, Judge, don't be stingy. Four times twenty Is eighty. Give me hundred years." He laughed as ho was hastily led from Uie court by two deputies.- He waa taken back to the Dads county Jail. Zangara was sentenced after he pleaded guilty to the four charges and after he had reiterated to the Judge his regret his attempt on the life of President-elect Roosevelt was unsuccessful. Victims Becoming The most cheering newa sine they were shot came from the bedsides of (Continued on Page Eight) T Telegram, urging the early appoint ment of a Jackson County Relief com mittee, was wired Governor Julius L. Meier today by O. H. floss, secre tary of the Jackson County Unem ployed council, which met laat Fri day to take definite steps to remedy the local altuatlon. The telegram forwarded to Salem today reads: "Understand relief com mittee in session today. Urge Immed iate appointment Jackson county committee. Vitally necessary remove relief project from local polltlca at once. About 3000 unemployed now registered and favoring your appoint ment of committee to clarify local altuatlon." 1 Poland Mmlta Diplomatic Cupid WARSAW (AP) Bachelora In the Polish diplomatic service have been advised that marriage with forelgnera would be a bar to certain coveted posts. - The foreign office haa not definitely banned such unions, but Its word Is to the wise. a scolding every time she thinks they deserve It. What'a more, when thla lady of the puffed aleevea starts to scold, she doesn't pause long enough to allow the others a chance to aup in any "back sass." With her arms akimbo, aha shoots forth a volley of verbal buckshot that has the lada squirming about In their chairs In obvloua discomfort. It's really almost Impossible to override the Multnomah delegation when that body stlcka together on a proposition. To begin with, there are 13 ot them In the house. Then, they are Joined as a rule, by their neigh boring county delegations. Marlon county haa four representatives, Clackamas three, etc. There la al ways a certain percentage of the ut" staters who want to stand in with the "city men", and Invariably vote with them on general principles. So, they roll up a majority pretty easily when they stick together. Happily thla Isn't often the case. Drown wet bill and It will coma up for a drink. The now defunct (Continued an Paga liht) of Brain REPEAL QUESTION LEFT TO PEOPLE BY SOW VOTE House Follows Senate in Favoring Submission to State Conventions Drys Promise Fight to' Finish WASHINGTON. Feb. 30 fAP) The 13-year-old constitutional amendment for national prohibition went back to the states for a new decision today. on a 3B9 to 131 vote In the house of representatives. Duplicating the senate action last week, when It favored submission of a repeal amendment to atate conven tions by a 63 to 23 vote, the house acted before being In session an hour and a half, cheered on by part of the galleries and in the face of ominous silence by others there. Th latter represented many of the prohibition organizations, which served notice at onoe through th An tl -Saloon league that the issue would be "fought to l finish in atste capitals." Voles to Hpnre The vote waa fifteen more than the two thlrda required. Speaker John N. Garner waa greet ed with cheers and applause on an nouncing the outcome. Chairman Sumners of the Judiciary committee and others moved for a federal law setting up the machinery for state conventions ' A hard road was In front for this effort, however, as Mr Qarner and others on both sldeaof thecapltol have expressed the view that calling of ttoe conventlona -la a state fuhotion, ; Thirty-two democrats and 89 re publicans voted against the resolu tion; 181 democrats, the one farm- labor member -and 107 republicans voted for It. On December 5 the house voted down the Oarner proposition, 272 to' 144, six short of the two-thirds ma Jorlty necessary. Senators Hear Vote Senators who took seats In ths back of the chamber as debate proceed d included Bingham (.. conn.), John son (k., Oallf.), MoNary JW Ore.), and Barbour and Kean, republicans,. of New Jersey, At the" office of the Anti-Saloon league meanwhile, Edward B. Dun ford league counsel in a statement aald: The wet prohibition repeal pro gram will be fought tA a finish at the state capitals, before the people in the election of delegates, and in legal proceedings, if necessary. It's Moral Question The Issue. Joined in the election of delegates to - a convention without regard to party affiliation or person alities of candidates for public office, , reduces th decision to that of the moral question; 'Do you favor or oppose the legal- ld liquor traffic and the saloon? This will be the battle cry that will arouse the crusading spirit of the drys. No surrender, no retreat, no com promise.' will be the slogan. The re peal resolution seeks to reator the legalised liquor traffic, would make certain the return of the saloon, and make difficult If not Impossible the enforcement of state and local laws prohibiting the sal of intoxicating liquors.". . . .. . BETTER RAILROAD E SALEM, Feb. 30 (AP) Better rati, road facllitlea for the productive parts of central Oregon waa the object of a Joint resolution introduced by Senator Upton today. Upton said that It would authorise , the Public Utilities commissioner to initiate a new proceed. ng oeiore the Interstate commerce commission for a different set-up from that of the former so-called Corey plan which was rendered Ineffective by a United states aupreme court declaton. the de r clelon being that a railroad could not be forced to extend Its tinea through an unproductive territory to connect with another road. The Corey plan called for an extension from Crane to Odell. , The Upton plan calls for an exten sion of the Union pacific system from , Burns to the Deschutes Une, through Hogg Pasa via Prlnevllle Junction and Into Portland. Upton said a connect ion with the Southern Pacific would prorbly be necessary after extending throvwh the Pass, and was uncertain whether extension beyond Prluevllle , Junction could be forced. . O
