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Mid-Week Popularity Contest Tabulation to Appear Tomorrow Medford Mail Trieune The Weather For wast: Unsettled with rain mUtd with snow tonight and Wednesday; cooler. Hlfhest yesterday ,r A3 Lowest this mnrnlny m ,, 8S Paid-Up Circulation People who pay foi their newspaper era the oeat prospects (or thm adver tiser. A- B. O. circulation Is paid up circulation. This oewspspex Is 4. fl. O. Twenty-Seventh Year MEDFOKU, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1933. No. 289. nn n mm imi n ME JL LZ3 J I . I T LEADER TO PLEAD E Disturbing Peace and Riot ous Conduct Charged in " Connection With Lashing of Editor Leonard Hall Mrs. Henrietta B. Martin, president of the. "Good Government Congress" and L. O. VanWegen. appeared before Justice of the Peace William R. Cole jnen thla afternoon on warranto Issued late yesterday charging "dteturblng the peace, and riotous conduct." Con stable George J. Prescott accompanied the pair. Time for arraignment was set for tomorrow morning at 10:00 o'cloclc. Mrs. Martin and Van Wegen were allowed to go on their own recognizance. O. M. Brown, father of Mrs. Martin, and secretary of the "Good Govern ment Congress," snd "John Doe," for whom warrants on the same charge, were Issued, had not appeared for ar raignment at 2:00 o'clock. State police, city police, and the district attorney s office rested some what today after a week of strenu ous effort, In their roundup of evi dence In the brazen -And sensational ballot box robbery, from a courthouse vault a week ago. Three more arrest were scheduled for some time today In the case, bringing the total to 10. Those who have been arrested to date Include: Karl H. Fehl, county Judge; Gordon L. Schermerhorn, sher iff; Walter J. . Jones, mayor of . Hague. HJve,r,.and. recently named road supervisor for that section; ' C. W. (Chuck) Davis, machinist . named a deputy at the county machine shops by Felil, and whose pay was a came of a county court debate; John Glenn of Asiiland, county Jailer; Arthur Ijililfli. business manager of the Dally News when under the con trol of Banks; Thomas L. Brech een of Ashland, reputed paid or ganizer for the "Good Govern ment Congress," and speaker at two of their county auditorium meetings. Four Get Ball. Fenl, Schermerhorn. Jones. Olenn and LatMeu were freed yesterday on Asnnn hnnrfi Ttrecheen and Davis are reported held In the Josephine county jau at urann pj "' police. Two youths, described as "court house boarders," are still detained by the authorities. Their names have wu vrr!iial1it mnlA nubile. The authorities admitted that their next efforts would be to "tie up tnc . . Mirii" nt the rss. Date of the preliminary hearings and presentation or tne evioenoe cw lected, to the grand jury drawn yes- nnt been fixed. It will not be until the authorities have completed their case. The authorities continued to main tain an attitude of discreet silence relative to the evidence collected, on the theory that It should first be revealed In a court, and to the grand .. JUT. Trnnhlemakers Move On, The officers reported this mornlns that a number ot men, from Klamath eounty and northern California, at fcrfLAt here bv the turmoil, "have tvm it. nn the lam" since the week end. They were not wanted, even for questioning. Five of the missing men were almost constant frequenters of the eourtnouse corriaors. it w known that several of the class re eelred provisions at the county com vntsa&rv. Mrs. Henrietta B. Msrtln. president of tne Good Government congress, nut scheduled to be served with a warrant this afternoon, charging disturbing the peace snd rlotlus con duct." Her father, C. M. Brown, sec retary of the "Good Government Congress." and L. O. VanWegen were also expected to be served with war rants thla sfternoon on the same charge. Leonard N. Hall, editor of the Jacksonville Miner, ana the targt for a whip In the hands of Mrs. Mar tin last Saturday evening, was de tained by the authorities last night, for two hours. HftU was brought to Hie police station when reports were telephoned the officers that a crowd was collecting near the courthouse and near DeVoe's. In anticipation of an attempt to hold a "Good Govern ment Congress meeting In the court house, contrary to the county court's order. For the most part, they were ; curiosity seekers. State and city po- i lice took Hal! to the city hall. The j crow dispersed shortly thereafter, j Hsll was allowed to go about 10 . o'clock. ! Wild Rumors Subside. t A wave of wild rumors swept over the county yesterday, but today they were subsiding and the public as a whole was not giving credence to them. The public attitude was crvs taillaina faft, a malorlly holding that tba future peace and roUei at liar Surprise Choice' Daniel C. Roper of North Caro lina was regarded aa a "surprise se lection" for secretary of commerce In the Roosevelt cabinet (Associ ated Press Phot".. MIAMI, Pis., Feb. 28 (AP) Suf ficient Improvement was noted today In the condition of Mayor Anton J. Cermak of Chicago to cause attend ing physicians to announce that In jection of food solution Into his veins would be discontinued. Dr. Frederick Tlce, of Chicago, an nounced after Issuing a bulletin that an oxygen-room being rushed here by plane from New York probably would not be used If further Improve ment was" noted later In cermak's con dition. -- - BADGES AT MEETING Badges were presented 10 boys last evening at the ceremony conducted by Boy Scouts, honoring the tender foots at the Washington school. Par ticipating In actlvlttea were as boys from troup 8, sponsored by the Washington P-T A. Recipients of badges were Bob Dynan, Harold Sleight, Buster Ivanhoe, George Gll Ungs, Chester Ferguson, Bob Mace. Jack Moore, Roger Henselman, Leo Marshall and Burton Daugherty. The meeting opened with bugle call, Bob Nelson, senior pntrol lead er In charge. He was assisted by Hugh Ferguson, Junior patrol leader. Demonstrations of signaling, knot tying and bandaging were given. Several clever sklte were presented by the Scouts. Among those present were mem bers of the scout committee snd Larry Schade. president of the Boy Scout council, and Scout Executive Oscar E. Hoover. Jack' Heyland la master of the troup, which has made unusually fine progress during the past two months. community tenseness would best be relieved by waiting for developments, and maintaining calmness. Hundreds of letters and phone calla have been received the past two days from citizens, pledging support to constituted authority, and in some instances offering confirmatory evi dence of that already given, or known. Many messages conveyed the thought thst It would be best for all to reflect before passing Judgment, and to disbelieve any rumor or re port that savored of propaganda. The promises of support came from all sections of the county. To All Citizens of i The "Citizen Committee of 100" dMlreg that all roistered Toten of Ja kMn county.' Orison, who support the principles upon which thU com mittee Is founded, unit who desire to become known as affiliated with the ccnunlttM In Its work, should sign the blank below and mall It In to the committee. The objects and purposes of this committee, u set forth, are as follows: To preserve ordrr; To support the duly elected and appointed officers In the faithful performance of their duties; To bring to Justice such perrons as are or hafe been rlolatlnj our lans; lVlth a further object and purpose In rlew of restoring normal pw and prosperity In Jackson county I desire to lend the weight of my influence to the further ance of the above objects, and authorize the publication of my name a associated with the Committee of 100 for that purpose. fAddreM) (Siv), ;Mt j a,;.i;, to "Committee of 100, Medford, Oregon") BEER BILL KILLED; SALES TAX PLAN $5 Auto License Passed by House Senate Continues Firm On Dry Side Third House Lampoons Solons SALEM, Feb. 2S. (AP) At a meeting of the "wet Woe" early this afternoon a committee con sisting of Representatives Loner gan, Best, Horan. Hill and Wells was appointed to confer , with the senate regarding the senate's Intentions as to the' disposition of house bills In the future. SALEM. Feb. 38. (IP) On the heels of lta disapproval late yesterday of the beer bill, the state senate main tained its dry majority today by de feating two resolutions to submit the liquor Issue to & vote of the people. The resolutions, Introduced by Rep resentative Hall, proposed to refer to the people the question of repeal of the state constitutional prohibitions against the use, sale snd Importation of intoxicating liquor. The vote on substitution was: For Allen. Booth, Burke. Chln nock, Corbet, Dickinson, Dunn, Dunne, Hazlett. Jones, Lee, Mann, Staples, Wheeler. Willismson, Wood ward. Zimmerman. - Against Brown, Duncan, Fisher. Franclscovlch. Goss. Hess, McFadden, Spauldlng. Strayer, Upton, Tate, Kiddle. Absent Bynon. ' Senator Dickson stated briefly Hie attitude of the committee minority on the two resolutions, holding that the state should await action by con gress. To this, Senator Upton replied that "whether a person Is wet or whether he Is dry. he should be willing to submit this matter to the people. I don't know why this wasn't submit ted at the same time the Anderson enforcement act wae submitted and repealed, presumably by some over sight." Upton pointed to the inconsistency of having repealed the Anderson act and. retaining the constitutional amendments prohibiting sale, use and Importation of liquor. SALEM, Feb. 28. (IP) Two major measures were disposed of late yes terday by the Oregon legislature, but only after a warm debate In the sen ate and the hout? forced to go Into the committee of the whole to con sider amendments. The senate de feated the 3.3 beer bill while the house passed the S flat automobile license fee. ' In addition, the first real progress in the enactment of revenue raising measures was made In the house when the lower branch of the legis lature approved the raised Income tax rate with lower exemptions and the taxation and revenue committee pre sented Its sales tax program with recommendations that It do pass. "Third Plinse" In Session. Then, to climax the 80th day of the session, legislators and visitors packed the house chambers to see what the lobbyists and newspaper men could do with the situation. The take-off of some of the outstanding members snd officials was loudly ap plauded, and another traditional "third house" passed into history. Just T7 different proposals are up for final consideration In one house or the other today, with special or ders in the house on the truck and bus proposals and on the permanent license plates. Also the much amended Thomas utility control bill Is on the house calendar for special order. The proposal, senate bill 19. was previously passed by the senate. (Continued on Page Five) Jackson County (name) E TO JEHOL REGION Shamaoshan Falls " Before Jap Offensive Chinese Claim Lengyuan Attack Failure Tamiao Stands By the Associated Press A reinforced Japanese army cap tured Shamaoshan, important pa into Jehol province from the south east, today after a terriflo two-day battle. The Japanese were directed toward Llngyuan. another pass on the main 11ns of the Chinese de fense. Meanwhile Chinese were Jubilant. claiming another Japanese offensive which had swept thru Poipiao and Chaoyang, failed In an attack on llngyuan and was turned northward, away from its objective. Once Ling yuan falls, the Japanese have com mand of a 75-mlle highway leading straight to Jehol City, the capital. Another Japanese . force sweeping down from the far north expected to oocupy Chlhfeng. communication and transportation center of Jehol tomorrow. Thla is northern pass to Jehol City, 93 miles distant. Japa nese reports said their column was 36 miles northeast of Chlhfeng at 10 m. The Chinese reported they were successfully defending Tamiao, on the defense line between Ltngyuan and Chlhfeng against heavy bom bardment and contended the Japa nese army of the north was -being slowed up by bitter weather and road conditions. - A British embargo on arms ship ments -to China and Japan, caused Great Britain to momentarily replace the United States in the role of "villain" In Japan. The action was regretted In China, where it was said Japan already was well provided, and an arms embargo against the "ag gressor nation." only was urged. Jap anese officials admitted the British embargo would handicap China rather than Japan, nevertheless, keenly resented It. START CLEARING F Work will etrt tomorrow clearing the right-of-way tor the Ashland unit of the Pacific highway. E. O. Hall of Washburn and Hall, Portland, award ed the contract., has arrived In Ash land, and will open an office In the Ashland hotel. He has rented tne Psrlt garage In that city for auto and machine repair work. Hall expects to start the grading work within a week. Machinery to be used on the work Is now In transit from upstate points. The project. Including two bridges. will cost ,83.000 all federal funds. The Improvement Is 1.6 miles In length, and must be completed by July 1, under the government terms Between 80 and 80 men are ex pected to be employed on the pro ject, and a day and night shift Is contemplated aa soon as the work gets well underway. Local residents, awskened at an early hour this morning by what they Interpreted aa a "volley of snots will be relieved (or maybe disap pointed) to learn that the noise was from a lowly auto, Backfiring, sc cording to police report. Many calls were reported regsrdlng the racket and many stories of bandits "halted In a wild chase through Medford, fsded away today under the light of fact when officials were Interviewed. Bible Class To . Sponsor Supper At First Baptist Under the sponsorship of the Golden Links Bible class of the First Bsptlst church, a covered dish supper will be held tomorrow evening at 8:30 o'clock. In the church parlors. It was announced today. An Interesting missionary pageant has been arranged to follow the sup per, and a large number of Interested folk are expected to attend. Those attending are asked to bring two meat dishes, two vegetable dishes or two sslads, enough for the family or combinations of one meat dish snd one salad or one meat dish and one vegetable dish. The com mittee will provide breid, the drink ap4 deeeejt. HEWERS DISCUSS OUTLOOK FOR ssj-jBtaS&L'g' Xt' L-j lattLH . -V ;-: Offiolal, of the United States Brewing association outlined prospect, for legalized beer In meeting In Chicago, Left to right: W. C. Krueger of Newark, N. treasurer; Col. Jacob Ruppert of the New York Yankees, president; Ft. A. Huber of St Louis, vice president; Jams, Ft. Nicholson of New York, acting secretary. ..(Associated Press Photo AGAINST ROGUE FRUITGROWERS WASHINGTON, D. O., Feb. 3B. (Special.) Senator Frederick Stelw- er filed a protest with Ford Hovey, manager of the Agricultural Credit corporation, today in which he dc- -nienreo, mat tne corporation cbrbd discriminating egalnet pear growers in the Rogue Blver valley of Oregon. Authoritative Information has been obtained, Senator Stelwer says, which shows that California pear growers are being permitted to borrow money to cover the full cost of production with the crop as security from the San Francisco regional Agricultural Credit corporation office. Oregon pear growers, however, are allowed to borrow only 50 per cent of their crop costs without additional security be yond this year's crop. BANKS TAKE HEART F By I he Associated Press. Strengthened by emergency legisla tion hastily enacted to bolster public confidence and conserve assets, hank ing Institutions In several statea transacted the nation's business with renewed confidence today. In Pennsylvania. Ohio, Indians. Kentucky, . Arkansae and New Jersey many financial hiuses were taking advantage of the power cl restricting wlthdrawala and In most cases this waa set at five per cent of deposits. Agriculture Bill Awaits Signature WASHINOTON, Feb. 28. (AP) The (104.000.000 appropriation bill for the agriculture department was sent to the White House today. The senate adopted the conference report after the house receded from It op position to a minor smendment. 4 Germany Placed Under Army Law BERLIN, Feb. 28. (AP) President von Hlndenburg today placed the German republic unde virtual mar tial law by signing sn emergency de cree giving the pollc extraordinary powers to enforce order. NAVAL APPROPRIATION - BILL PASSES SENATE WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. (AP) The senate today passed and sent to the house for adjustment of minor differences the 1308,669,000 naval sp proprlstlon bill. , 1 Honest Lad and Mail Tribune Ad Return Jewelry Miss Edna Elfert Is happy to dayand a little advertisement In the Mall Tribune la .ie cause of It all. Saturday Miss Elfert dis covered thst she had lost a highly prized little finger ring, bearing an Eastern Star emblem, set In onyx. She Immediately called the Mall Tribune. Sunday morning an ad appeared and yesterday morning a little boy appeared with the ring. He found It on the street near the court house, saw the advertisement In the Msil Tribune, and called Mis Fifert. ALICE A. WINDERS OF ROGUE RIVER GOES TO REWARD Alice A. Winders, resident of the Rogue River, Ore., district tor the past 34 years, passed away at her home at that place Sunday at 8 p. vn. She had been falling for some' tlihe. and had been seriously 111 for the last month. Mrs. Winders was born In Illinois September 1, 1868. Alice A. Woods was united In mar riage to John Winders, at Grants Pass, Ore., In March, 1907. She leaves six children by a former marriage, four daughters, Mrs. Anna Clifford of Clinton, Iowa, Mrs. Lola Pile her of Hanover, 111., Otto Dlehm of Frultland, Id alio. Mrs. Catherine Gifford of Clinton, Iowa, Mrs. Alice McClure of Oak Grove, Ore., and W. J. ' Dlehm of Pasco, Washington. She also leaves one sister, Mrs. Sarah Phil lips of California, one brother, Wil liam Woods of Lebanon, Ore., 34 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted from the Perl Funeral home Thursday at 3:00 p. m.. Rev. H. H. Young of ficiating. Charged with stealing gloves snd sn overcoat from the I. O. O. F. hall last evening, Walter Smith, 31, Victor Brooks, 31, and Ray Combs, 10, all of this city, were lodged In the city Jail last night. They will be taken before the city Judge late this afternoon or to morrow, according to Chief of Police Clatous McCredle. Hands Off, Meier Policy In Jackson County Fight, Is Report From Capitol (Mary Grelner Kelly) 8ALEM, Feb. 38. Governor Julius Meier is apparently going to hold himself aloof from the Jackson county sffray If he Is allowed to. Querlea were sent Into the governor's office as to who would be appointed special prosecutor In the L. A. Banks crlmlnsl syndicalism snd libel esses. The answer came from his secretary, Mrs. Backet, that he had received a letter from District Attorney George Codding over a month ago, In regard to appointing an outside prosecutor In the grand Jury investigation of the Dally News editor. "He answered this letter," she said "suggesting thai the Jackson county circuit nudge exercise his privilege of appointing an outside attorney In the cases. Since these new develop ments, the request haa not been re peated," she added. Mrs. Beatrice Walton Sackett, blonde and blue eyed, la the last word In secretarial efficiency. Friend ly, courteous, with a ready smile and warm handclasp, she Is well liked by officials, newspaper men and those of the lay public who com, to the governor's office. Her smile, however, never goes so far as to let down any gubernatorial bars, until message la given, di LEGALIZED BEER E TO BE DIVULGED AT GALA DANCE Before the clock strikes 13 Satur-I day night. March 4. the winner ofj the Medford Merchants-Malt Tribune popularity contest wlH be announced at the Oriental Gardens, climaxing the Amorlcan Legion, Medford post No. K'l "Popularity ball." Elaborate preparations are being made by the committee in charge of Earl Foy to make this dance a gay affair, with excellent music and add ed features. One hundred votes will be distrib uted with the purchase of each dance ticket up to 10 o'clock the night of the ball, after which all ballot boxes will be olosed and the final count completed. For the convenience of the Leglonnalrea guests a special oox will be placed at the Orlnetal Gar dens. Medford stores participating In the popularity contest will con tinue to give votes with cash sales until the close of business Saturday. With only five days remaining be fore the grand finale, contestants are urged to deposit their votes now to facilitate counting later In the week. Another list of girls showing their ratings In the race to win the free trip of Hawaii or the second prle. will be published In the Mall Trib une tomorrow, March 1. i Shrine Club Meet Will Hear Jenkins In the basement of the Hotel Med ford Friday at 13:10, noon, members ot the Medford Shrine club will meet for their regular monthly luncheon, to hear Frank Jenkins, president of the Southern Oregon Publishing com pany. All members are urged to be present, as an Interesting speech Is anticipated. gested In that blonde cranium of hers and found fitting and absolute ly Joker-proof,' This determined, she either dis misses the applicant amicably or leads him through the governor's door. Once Inside, she explains the Intention ot the visit with remark able brevity and with a look that says: "If you don't make it snappy it will be the last time III let you in here," she allows the conference to proceed. Hannah Martin, only woman mem ber of the house had the last word on several bills today, when she served as speaker In the absence of Representative Earl sneii. And une black eyed lady of the puffed sleeves can wield a wicked gavel loo, in fact she did a more positive Job of It than did most of the male subatl tutes called so tar. She even took her preliminary Joshing like a veteran, and btought the house skilfully back to order with commendable ease. Nor did she' blink an eye when certain freshmen In the house became covered with confusion In trying to figure out how to address her. She was called Mr. Speaker, Miss Spesker, Mr. (Continued pa Page (tour E Wooclin for Treasurer Gives Recognition for Big Cam paign Contribution Big Bankers Favor Selection By PAUL MALLON. Copyrighted Dy .'McClure Newspaper Syndicate. WASHINGTON. Feb. 28. The Inner whys and whoreforcs of the Roosevelt cabluet selections and the private re actions they aroused might fairly be thumbnalled as follows: state Secre tary Hull His appointment developed rrom a close political friendship with the president-elect which no one knew about; Mr. Roosevelt'a desire to use a former senator aa lobbyist for ratification of the coming war debt settlements. Reaction: Acceptable here and abroad. ' Treasury Secretary Woodiir Rec ognition for a (30.000 campaign con tributor who Is also a former Wall Street conservative Republican and a logical choice after Senator Glass declined. Reaction: Favorable among big bankers: little known elsewhere. Attorney General Walsh Probably the nation's most prominent lawyer among those who have never been Identified with corporations (the sen ate will never confirm a corporation lawyer as attorney general). Reaction: General approval, except among big business men. Navy Secretary Swanson . A big navy man logically put In a navy seat: made possible by the Glsse decli nation. . , Reaction: Splendid In navy and shipping circles, but not In the peace societies. War Secretary Dem Repayment for pre-conventlon political aid: moved from Interior because of Senator Hi ram Johnson's objections to his Boul der Dam record. Reaction: No telling yet: snoot rs looking up his war time speeches; a good balance for peace organisations alongstds of Swanson. Postmaster General Farley The appointment with which all successful presidential candidates pay off their campaign managers. Reaction: He should make a good postmaster general. ' Commerce Secretary Roper Moved Into the picture to take Woodln's scheduled place when Woodln was moved up to treaaury; was slated for internal revenue commlsslonershln In Mr. Roosevelt's first list.. Reaction: Business men know little about him: congressional reaction not generally favorable. Agriculture Secretary Wallace A progressive Republican who flte Mr. Roosevelt's sllotment plsn require ments. Reaction: Favorable through the farm belt and that Is all that mat ters. Interior Secretary Ickes Taken as a Progressive Republican when Sena tor Cutting, Phillip LaFollette, Hiram Johnson and others turned It down. (Continued on Page Five) WILL ROGERS "at -avC r$ays: SANTA MONICA, Cal., Feb. 27. Vt'e never had a greater example of why there will al ways be war than We are hav ing right now. Twenty-one nations of the league denounce Japan's invasions, and the United States, while not a member, also agrees with them. Now all they got to do to stop it instantly is to agree not to trade with an aggressor nation, meaning Japan. But they won't sacrifice their trade just to stop bloodshed. The League has got the weapon to stop war, but try and get the nations to give up that trade. Whafs a few thousand dead Chinamen compared to Japan as a cash customer? Yours, 1 I IK iNiiiiy I.let. 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