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American Legion Ball March 4 th to Climax Popularity Contest Medford Mail . The Weather Forecast : Increased cloudiness fol lowed by rain late tonight or Sat urday. No change In temperature. Highest yesterday - ,.. 45 Lowest this morning , 28 Paid-Up Circulation People wbo pay tea their newspapers ex the best prospectj fox the adver Uuit A. B. O. olrciilaMop la paid tip circulation. Thla newspaper la a. B. O. ne Twenty-Seventh Year MEDFOKD, OREGON, FttLDAY, FEBKUAEY 2-1, 1933. No. 286. M LfU Tmjbt 1 IP l J uvl M H Editor's BANGS ON TABLE AND MAKES EI in ninr nnrn nil A5 UAJthUW UN Hearing in Receivership of Daily News Enlivened by Withdrawal of Editor Prejudice Is Resisted Circuit Judge W. M. Duncan of Klamath county announced this afternoon that he would hand down a ruling tomorrow morning In both the News Publishing Co. against 1 A. Banks, and the case of O. B. Waddell against L. A. Ranks and wife, and the Suncrest Orchards. Inc. Hearing of testimony In the civil suit of O. B. Waddell against L. A. Banks and wife, and against the Sun crest Orchards. Inc.. for the collection of approximately $6000 allegedly due for loan on mortgages, was started this afternoon before Circuit Judge W. M. Duncan of Klamath county. Banks, appearing as his own at torney, read a -letter from Attorney M. O. Wilkina, of a personal nature. tn support of his contention that he had not sufficient time to prepare a defense, and continued bis plea In support of his affidavit. Banks told the court that shortly before noon ho appeared before the grand Jury, and ked that Attorney M.. O. Wilkins be Indicted for per jury, for the testimony he gave this morning. Court Can't Indict. Banks declared he was told by the grant. Jury that '"It was a matter for the circuit Judge, and could not be done by them." After a short outline of the case by Attorney George M- Roberts, the court said: "This is the first time this court Xnew that it could indict anybody for perjury, Mr. Banks. That is not the power of this court, or any other court." The court ruled that he would re serve a decision in the matter, and would hear any and All defense that was offered. Mrs. O. B. Waddell was then called M the first witness. Banks left the courtroom. Prejudice Too Late. Tt was contended that the Banks affidavit of prejudice filed yesterday against Judge Duncan, wae not filed within the required time provided by law. Attorney Roberts declared that Banks mad no denial of the debts. The case of the News Publishing Co. - Against L. A. Banks and the Medford News was completed this morning. No defense was offered. The court gave no Indication when a decision would be rendered. L, A. Banks, editor and publisher of the Dally News, orchardlst and honorary president and the moving spirit of the "Good Government Con gress," at the opening of the hearing for a receivership and possession of the newspaper plant before Judge W. M. Duncan of Klamath Falls. "withdrew from the court" In what was intended to be a dramatic ges ture. The packed court room viewed the departure more amused than Im pressed. The case then proceeded. Lee B. Tuttle. former editor and one of the founders of the morning pa per, appearing as the fltrt witness. (Continued on Page Nino) . T SUPPLY OF P000 City police this morning failed to capture, after a two-hour chase, trans ient who procured a gunnyaack full of provisions at the county commis sary. Constable George J. Prescott "tipped off," hastened to the com missary on Sixth street, but was too late. A search for the three men, for two hours failed to bring any result. Constable Prescott says the men vis ited the county food station, and rep resented themselves as local residents, and procured a supply of provisions, under false pretenses. The police think that the men parked their auto near by, and after securing the groceries, returned, and made good their es cape In It. Investigation showed the men ar rived In this city late yesterday, spent the night at "The Kitchen, and were headed for California. Under Oregon law they can be prosecuted for obtaining goods under fale pretenses. The past fortnight there have been many complaints of abuse of county charity by transients. The police say that Jackson county is now known among auto indigents, as "a soft spot"' tie Xqqa s6&fly$ ?a Howls of "Miscarriage of Afrs. Roosevelt's Inaugural Gown To Be Anna Blue NEW YORK. Feb. 24 (AP) Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt today bad her last fitting of the gown she will wear to her husband's Inauguration as president, and at the same time "Anna Blue," nam ed after her daughter, Anna Roose velt Dal), was introduced to the world of textiles. Mrs. Roosevelt's hat, wrap and purse are of "Anna Blue," which, la a dark blue, a trifle lighter than navy The gown la of the color that was named for herself, "Eleanor Blue," and Is of crys telle valvet. S HUNG IS L AS According to today's tabulation In the Merchants-Tribune popu larity contest. Miss Margaret Melt ing retained her lead boosting her total to 722,600 votes. Oleta Rog ers has 611,800 with Ellow Mae Utlson a close third with 450,200. an Increase of 48.000 votes over 'Wednesday's standings. A colorful popularity ball at the Oriental Gardens, sponsored by Med ford post No. 19, American Legion, will be held Saturday night, k March '4, as a fitting climax to the Mer-' chants-Mali Tribune popularity con test. Many of the contestants will be introduced, return will be an nounced from time to tune and the winner of the first prize and title of "Miss Medford" announced Just be fore the close of the brilliant affair. Lee Oarlock, commander of the Med ford post, announcd today that Earl Foy will head the committee tn charge of the event. The Legionnaires, as an added fea ture, will give 100 votse with every ticket sold before 10 o'clock the night of the ball, the time when all contest ballot boxes will be closed and final tabulations made. A ballot box will be conveniently placed In the Ori ental 'Gardsn so that dancers may oast their ballots for their favorites. Medford stores will also feature pop ularity votes until the close of busi ness on Saturday, March 4. An nouncement of the winners of the two fine prizes, one a trip to Hawaii and the other a voyage from Seattle to Victoria and San Francisco, will be subject to a careful official count. As a special week-end feature of the popularity contest, the Mall Tribune is giving a 5 bill to the contestant securing the most popu larity ballot from the Tribune tabu lation last Wednesday to 8 p. m. to morrow when the Sunday standings will be prepared. Today's tabulation is as follows: Name Ellow Mae Wilson Votes. ,....45fl,200 Margaret Chllders 26,200 Arvllla Burns .. 28.600 Margaret Meiling .722.600 Vivian Meter 1.300 Jean Fabrtck 8,100 Laura Drury . 133.700 Leah Inch .....418.800 257.800 4? V 600 l.0 : ,f':: Oma GeBauer Rosamond Wall Wilms. Morgan .. Goldie Hlgdon- ., Marguerite McAllister . Ruth Bou mtu m Thelma Heard ......,.. 160. ioo 10,700 23,500 Louise El rod 1.200 Edna Newbry. Talent... ............ 30.300 Jean Chamherlain - 6,000 Frances WakefU"' J ttjonvllle 1,100 Virginia Pick. Jacksonville 7.800 Venita Anderson 1.800 1.100 Shirley Orford Ruth Demorest . Katherine Stewart , Helen Stewart Genevieve Brown Dorothy Reynolds .. Sally Robert Frances Sparrow Dorothv Lee 1.800 2.200 7.000 1.50 12,400 8 500 1,100 1.100 1.600 7.600 36.200 Pearl Rhodes- Peggy Ginn Viola Strong . Louise Laughead. Jacksonville- 1.200 Bernedlne Arnold, Jacksonville 3,500 Blllie Carless ........ 1.100 Eunice Wheeler 29.100 Edna Brewold 2.500 Flora Collins 1.600 Ruth Hanacam -. 24.100 i Virginia Gregory 15,600 Frederick Brommer 1 4 5 ,500 Marian Moore 3.100 Geraldine Latham Bernlce GUI 84.700 31.800 (Continued on Page Nine) -4- WASHINGTON. Feb. 34. (AP) Early abolition of the farm hoard. which was the Hoover admlnlatra- tions response to farm relief demands. I was forecast today by friends tMbw",bI'T"W S"1'IJ W1 i'SrTajB LEGISLATORS KILL Week's Overtime Session Finds Nearly 100 Meas ures for Consideration Mortgage Holiday Loses SALEM, Feb. 34. (AP) Nearly one hundred meaaurea will be considered by the two houaea of tho legislature today aa one week overtime had al ready been chalked up during the 37th legislative aaaembly. Commit tee reports will see, among other ma jor bills, a recommendation for the flat $5 license fee for automobiles. Many of the big Issues that have been bothering committees for weeka are being cleared up In short order by the Indefinite postponement route. Yesterday the two houses killed the timber yield tax measure, mortgage foreclosure moratoriums and the atate bank proposal. Appropriations Up. Included In the list of measures today will be many appropriation Items, some up for first action and others for final action. The bill to call a ' conatituttonal convention for the repeal of the 18th amendment is on the house Hat. , . The defeated mortgage moratorium bill provided for a moratorium until March 1, J935,. on mortgage fore closures, on real estate mortgages, contracts and deeds of trust. A ma jority of the Joint committee on moratoriums reported adveraely on the bill.. This report was signed by .... (Continued on Page Seven) Five Years For Roseburg Holdup ROSEBTJRG, Ore., Feb. 34. (A.P) When Clarence Raymond -Kwart held up Mrs. Annie Peterson on a bridge In thla city several nights ago. he sot no monev. hut in t.h (p.nit. court here thla morning he drew a no-jcr wrm in cne penitentiary upon his plea of guilty. The penalty la the maximum, due to the fact that Stewart was p.evloualy convicted of automobile theft and two forgery ohargea in Portland, according to the statement of the district attorney. Aged Foots Creek Miner Revealed in Attempt to 'Frame ' Dredge Operator District Attorney Holds Papers . Showing Bates Approached Officials With Plan to Extract $20, 000 To those who know the truth and history of the "persecuted 74-vear-old Foots creek miner' case, that Banks has called a "Miscarriage of Jus tice" m often, Banks' statements about it are regarded as ridiculous. They were taken as silly at first, hut with the development of the Good Government congrr, where hundreds of honest citizens wrre being misled, It became serious, and the entire thing Is going to be brought to light, of ficers declare. Hundred of citizens have made' the statement that "If these chargea are not true, why doesn't acmeone deny them?" OFFICERS DECLARED YESTERDAY THAT TKEY PUT TOO MUCK FAITH IN THE INTELLI CfJCfl OP THF PEOPLE. AND THEIR yEN.-iE OF HUMOR, TO THINK IT WAS NECESSARY. NOW. THEY FEEL. WHEN INTELLIGENT AND HONEST CITIZENS ARE BEING .LED INTO A POLITICAL TRAP THE TIME HAS COME TO BRING OUT THE FACTS. Ranks Knows Facts. Banks haa been advised of all the facta in the F. A. Batea case, offi cers declare, but refuses to believe them. Banks has seen the threaten ing le'.tera Batea haa written, but de clarea they are forgerlea. HE HAS CHARGED THE OFFICERS WITH "BANISHING BATES FROM THE COUNTRY" AND THEN INCLUDED IN HIS OWN CONTRACT TO BUY THE BATES PROPERTY THE PRO VISION THAT BATES LEAVE JACK SON COUNTY AND STAY AWAY, proving that he, Banks, knows Bates to be a trouble maker, or he would not have Insisted that Bates leave the country before buying the prop erty. The Batea case la Just another ex ample of the wsy Banks distort the j tnith to hla followera. and has led I hundreds of them to believe thet the J vXffSaaasB sj aar WtaBJa eaTaT'BTelTaBBJJ m JAPANE FROM DRIVEN IN JEHOL AS JAPSADVANGE TUXGLIAO. Manrliurln, Feb. 21. (AP) The Mnnclmkiioan forces of General Chang Hal-Peng entered Kallu, northeastern gateway to Jo hoi province, today after dispersing gue rillas en route. . They stvept through the town and marched on toward the southwest In the general direction of Jehol cltv. At noon a Japanese column com manded by Major General Kenno stike Mogl entered Kallu. (By the Associated Press) Their forces divided ino two spear heads, one aimed toward Kallu, the northern gateway, and the other to ward Chaoyang, Japanese and Man chukuoan forces are pushing onward in their conquest of the Chinese province of Jehol. Rc porta from Changchun, capital of the atate of Manchukuo, said 60, 000 Japanese and Manchukuoan troops .had Jehol city as their ob jective.' Chinese troops opposing them were said to number 150,000. There was heavy snow throughout the region. ' " The troops pointed toward Chao yang, the second largest city In the province, consisted chiefly of Japan ese veterans who participated In Jan uary In the seizure of Shanhaikwan, Chinese coast city, south of the great wall. ' Petplng advices said Chaoyang was besieged by 30,000 troops. This in formation came from General Tang Yu-Lln, governor of jehol province. Nanking and Pelpao also have been abandoned to the Invaders, It was admitted. PORTLAND, Or?, Feb. 24. (AP) New business In the western pine area for the week ending February 16, amounted to 21,324,000 .feet or 12.3 per cent below the previous week. the Western Pine association said to day. The report was based on returns from 118 member mills, only 19 of which were operating. MAY RULE REPEAL SALEM, Ore.. Feb. 24. (AP) The convention plan of ratification or re jection of the repeal of the 18th amendment to the constitution of the United. States waa adopted by the house of representatives today by a vote of 44 to 14 with two members excused. Those voting against the bill wera Belton, Clarke, Cooter, Delch, Gordon, Johnson, Judd, Lew la, Martin, McAlear, Oakea, Paget, Weatherford and Wlns'jow. Keasey and Price were absent. The bill called for the election of delegates at the next general or spe cial election with no apecial election to be called for thla purpose. Dele gates will be controlled by the vote In the county and pledged to vote In accordance wtth the majority desires of those In the county. Delegates will be selected on the basis of pro portional population, one lor each TaWTap Justice" SE DELE ASSEiVIB Held in Extortion Attempt fVj Joe Bryant. ROANOKE. Va., Feb. 34. -t-yP) Three younff defendants charged with at tempting to extort $50,000 from Colonol Charles A. Lindbergh, by threats to harm his second aon, were" bound over to 'the 'federal prand Jury meet ing on July 3. when their cases were called this morning before United States Commissioner Charles D. Fox. In continuing the cases. Commissioner Fox allowed release of Joe Bry ant, 19. and Norman Harvey. 30. held In Jail since their arrest, after Bry ant attempted to cash a 17,000 ''planted" check, under bond of $1000 each. Harvey's wife has been at liberty on $5000 bond. PILOT MURDERED WHILE PLANE SOARS O'ER FARM SAN BENITO. Tel., Feb. 24. (AP) Seeking an explanation 'of the ap parent alaylng In midair of an air plane pilot and the aubsequent sui cide of the killer, polios today de tained Earl Dodson, ssld by officers to have admitted ownership of the re volver used In the tragedy. A virtual all-night Investigation ap parently added little to the story of witnesses who BBld they saw a plane splrsl to the ground, a dead man In the front control seat. Attack on Judge Norton Called Horrid Example Of Abuse of the Recall (By Mary Oreiner Kelly.) 1 1 SALEM. Feb. 32. The recall peti tion against Judge Norton was cited in a house debate today, as a glaring example of the abuses now existing In the present law regulating the recall of public officials. The sub ject of the discussion was house bill 63 , wh lch proposes to con f 1 ne the circulation end filing of such peti tions within a 00-day period. "Judge Norton has the best recoid of any circuit- Judge in the atate of Oregon." declared Representative Tom Miller of Grants Pass, who was warmly in favor of the bill. "And yet, as he site on the banch. trying to mete out Justice, thla Judge is being constantly shot at from dark and hidden places. It seems we mould accord at least the same priv ilege to a Judge on the bench that we do to a prisoner." Representative Lonergan, who opened the debate on the bill, also mentioned the name of Judge Nor ton. He said that such a recall peti tion was used merely as a club against public officials. R. F. C. HEARS PLEA OF PEARGROWERS According to a telegram received this afternoon by S. flumpted Smith from Charles L. McNsry. Oregon sen ator, he stated that he had "again' Lure Followers GATES STALE! LY OF Norman Hnrvey. Following the landing Erin McCall, student filer, waa declared to have leaped from the rear cockpit, raced a few yards, then shot himself In the head. Witnesses testified the pilot, Lehman Nelson, 33, waa dead from a wound In the back of the head. George Wltiel, a farmer, teatlfled at an Iruiuest he saw Nelsons head hanging over the aide of the cockpit five minutes beforo the ship landed The plane waa flying low at the time ! and he said he could see a red smear Ion the fuselage. "Zangara was a gentleman," d- clared Representative Dieoh of Port land, "alongside those cowards who will strike at a man In the dark. Everyone know what Is going on down In Jackson county. It his happened in other communities. The high-grade morons put up some mon ey and the low-grsde morons circu late the petitions in a concerted at tack upon some public official's good name." And to prove that it waa a "good bill and should pass; all but four voted In favor of It. Pity the poor lobbyist. He comes to Snlem with an unlimited expense account and a grip full of good in ten tions. He takes a hotel room and stores the good intentions In the medicine cabinet. His Job la to contact influential legislators, who evade him like a bad cold. They have plenty of good In tentions of their own. He tries to steer clear of gold-diggers. They haven't any good intenttons, so set (Continued on Page Five) tton finance corporation loans to pear growers suggesting Imperative necesnlty of early financing of grow ers. Board wired to western repre sentative to go to Spokane and If possible work out uniform program which board believes can be done within a week. I shall keep the mat ter constantly before me." , Announcement has been received here of the marriage in Klamath Falls Monday of Miss Laura Oilman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Oilman, to Eddie Dally, also of Med- LEAGUE E OF E OF BREAK GENEVA, Feb. 24 (AP) Meet ing without the Japanese delega tion this afternoon, the assembly of the League of Nations ap pointed an advisory committee of 21 members 10 plus Caundn and llolluiid to serve as an execu tive group In further dealing with 81 no-Japanese dispute. GENEVA, Feb. 24. P The Jap anese delegation walked out of the assembly of the Leajjue of Nations today after adoption of the report condemning Japanese policy In Man churla. and urging continuation of non -recognition of the Japanese-1 sponsored state of Manchukuo. The delegation announced that It can no longer cooperate with the league -on the Stno-Japane&a ques tion. Slam alone abstained from voting. Forty-two voted "yes." The absentees were Cuba, Salvador, Nicaragua, Peru.-, Bolivia, Paraguay and Chile. Yoeuke Matsuoka, head of the Jap anese delegation, told the assembly, however, that Japan would cooperate with the league as far as circum stances permitted. When the Japanese delegation walked out, Paul Hyama of Belgium, the .chairman, dismissed the assem bly to reconvene at 5 p. m. today. While the situation was left some what' confused. It waa clear that for the present Japan has not withdrawn from the league. Neither did M. Matsuoka assert that Japan would withdraw from -the league. MISSING YOUTH IN EVANS AREA The body of Rusell Zumhaum, 19, of Lodl, Calif., found yesterday morn ing In about 314 'eet water In Splgnet creek, where he waa drowned after becoming lost late Tuesday night ar early Wednesday morning, waa brought to Medford Thursday after noon by Coroner Frank Perl. The missing youth waa found by a party of Evans valley searchers, headed by O. F. wllllama. he said. Young Zumbaum had been In the valley for the past month, vlaitlng his step-brother. Enos Post, who haa a cabin In the Evana Valley dlatrlct, about two mllea from the Wllllama place. According to Post, Coroner Perl said, the young man left the cabin about 10 o'clock Tuesday morn ing for a hunting trip, and waa warn ed before starting out not to go any great distance, aa he wsa not accus tomed to mountainous country, One ahoe waa founa by the search era, and one sock belonging to the boy. Indicating, Perl aald, that he had become distracted in hi inability to locate the cabin. At one time, the searching party reported, he had been within 300 yarda of the Poet home, but waa unable to get hla bearings. Splgnet creek flows between two canyons, and track showed mat xne youth had climbed up and down the ateep bank Innumerable times, be coming completely exhausted. Indlcatlona were that the young man had stepped on a flat allck rock In the bed of the creek. Perl aald. and when he slipped and fell, he waa un able to aave himself from downing In the stream which was only ayj feet In depth. The creek, at thla Junc ture, waa aald to be about 10 feet In width. Russell Zumbaum la the aon of Mr. and Mra. John Zumbaum of Lodl, and It Is expected the body will be ship ped there for burial. Coroner Perl stated this afternoon that he waa convinced death was ac cidental, and that algned etatemenH by members of the starching party would be obtained, In order to tub- stantlate the evidence. Evana creek men who assisted Wll llama in scouring the country look ing for the lost youth were Ralph and Ed Russell. Eldrlth Drake, Bill Han- com and Fred Bolle to Trap El Cures for Depression Ad vanced at Hearing Hinge On Balanced Budget Roosevelt for Rail Reform By PAUL MALLON. Copyrighted by McClure Newspaper Syndicate. WASHINGTON. Feb. 24 Mr. Roose velt's private ideas about railroad re- . form dovetail generally with the rec ommendations of tho Cool Id ge com-' mission. The boys In the front line leglsla-' tlve trenches here havo been told to hold their fire until his Inaugural ad- dress. It will recommend complete reorganization of the I. C. O.. and accept other major ideas of the re port. The big rail matt In congress. Senator Couzens, holds similar views. That comes very near making It certain that you will see railroad re form in the next six months. Senators put heir feet on the table and guffawed at some of the so called business leaders who came here to tell them how to cure the depres sion. The business mon had naive ideas about government. They gave the appearance of witnesses prompted to repeat over and over again; "We must balance the budget. Few knew what waa tn the budget or had any Idea how to go about bal ancing It. .. .. ' Their Ignorance caused much merri ment among the legislators. Soma of the choicest remarks of the win ter sesson were passed around the cloakrooms. - 'We get these fellows before the atook market committee first to tell how they caused the depression," aald one, "and then awltch them over to the Harrison committee to tell ua how to cure It." We will not get out of the depres sion until we get some neT business leadera." aald another. I think Senator Harrison got them all down hero to expose, their Igno rance," aald a third It waa a relief to have someone to pick on for. a change. The whisper around the Inaull hearlnga among those In the know waa that more Indlctmenta are com ing shortly In Chicago. Young Inaull la not on the Hat of those to be In dicted. Apparently he did not know much that went on. He does now. The big witnesses were handled by the committee with kid gloves. It waa "Mr. Young thla" and "Mr. Young that" for Owen Young. The exami nations of Oeneral Dawea and Melvln Traylor were also exoesalvely polite. Behind the calling of this trio was the determination of the committee to preserve the bi-partisan political (Continued on Page Twelve) WILL ROGERS BEVERLY HILLS, Gal., Feb. 23. Well, for. breakfast this morning we . got three new cabinet 'officers. Cordell Hull, a mighty fine, able man. Ever since I been going to political conventions- no matter who the rest of the world nominated, Jefferson, Jackson, Wilson, Smith or Koosevelt, Tennessee went for Cordell Hull. Their loyalty has been rewarded. See retnry of state is quite a chore in these times. This fellow Wondin that has inherited the deficit, I don't know him, but I along with everybody, rush to offer him condolence. Accepting receiv ership of the Ul S. is also no small chore. Swanson for the navy post is ideal. He did inherit a navy. If congress don't kill it with no appropriations. Tours,
