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e Merchants Featuring Last Double Popularly Vote Thursday edford Mail TObu The Weather Forecast: Cloudy tonight and Thurs Normal temperature. Temperature Paid-Up Circulation People- who paj for their newspapers tre the oest prospects tot the sdver users. A. B O. circulation ut paid ap circulation. This newspaper la a. B. a Highest yesterday Lowest this morning.. Twenty-Seventh Year MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUAECH 1, 1933 No. 290. M NE BELIEF I ACTION TO SPEED IS o Gov. Julius Meier Chooses Group To Work With County Court In Distri bution Of Needed Relief. Appointment of the Jackson county- relief committee, welcomed here a the first step necessary to the sta bilisation of a program to aid the unemployed and halt the great ware of unrest and Ill-feeling, which has srpt through all part of the Rogue River valley, was made yesterday by Governor Julius L. Meier. A special dispatch from the Asso ciated Press was received late yester day afternoon by the Mall Tribune, announcing the committee, which carries the names ol the following well-known citizens of the county: James H. Owen. Mrs. R. E. Green and Alfred S. V. Carpenter. Medford: and ' 6enator George Dunn of Ashland. Henry VanHoevenberg, Gold Hill erchardist. and a prominent member of the recently organized "Commit tee of 100." who held a conference In Salem yesterday with Governor Meier In the Interests of an early ap pointment of the committee, return ed to Medford this morning. He confirmed the report regarding the committee and predicted a gen eral Improvement of conditions In Medford. denying dispatches from the north, which quoted him as sayra? that the "next 10 days would see things happening In whlon state aid would be needed." "I said that many things' had been happening in Jackson county during the past 10 days," Mr. VanHoeven berg explained thla morning, review ing his conference 'with Governor Meier. Appointment of the relief commit tee, upon which progress of the gen eral relief program has been depend ent, Mr. VanHoevenberg described as an Important step toward accomplish ing that return to normalcy so anx iously awaited, "I am not expecting any more tur moil; none of us are," he added. "We (Continued on Page Ten) MISS MEIL1NG HAS IN POPULAR VOTE Margaret Melllng continues to lead in the Medford Merchants' -Mall Tribune popularity contest, today's tabulation giving her a total of 840, 600 votes. Oleta Rogers Is second . with 803.200 ballots. The second and final double vote day to be featured tomorrow- (Tfturs- day) In all local stores participating in the contest Is expected to attract enthuaiastic shoppers from all parts of southern Oregon who will make purchases and pay bills tomorrow In order to receive double ballots for their favorite young ladles. Special values offered for Thursday only are advertised In today's Mail Tribune. Saturday night will be an event nil time for all popularity contest ants, regardless of whether they re ceive either of the two prizes. The American Legion, Medford Post No 15 has announced a big dance at the Oriental Gardena March 4, when the winners of the vscatlon Journey to Hawaii and the trip to San Fran Slsco, Calif., and Victoria, B. C, from Seattle will be Introduced Just Be fore twelve o'clock. One hundred v6t.es will be given with each dance ticket sold up to ten o'clock Satur day nleht. a ballot box being con veniently placed in the Oriental flardens. Vote boxes at the Mail Tribune and Chamber of Commerce offices will also remain upon until ten. after which the official count will be completed. Interest In the outcome of the popularity contest grows keener daily, and with the grand finale only three dsvs hence, the vote-counting com rr.!:t anticipates a continued de luge of votes from now until Satur- dav night. The Peasleys Sludlo will present both the first, and second prize win ning girls with four beautiful photo graphs to be made as soon as de sired after the contest, enda. Bert Peasley announced today. This morning's tabulation of votes follows: Name. Votes. Ellow Mae Wilson 611.200 Margaret Cinders 26.200 Arvtlla Burns 28.600 Margaret Melllng 840 800 Vivian Meter 1.300 Jean Fabrlck - 4.100 jrOoauaued on Page Teiy Weary New State Coach Lon St trier, varsity track coach at Oregon State college and former Nebraska star. Is believed to have the best chances of becoming head football coach at the school. (Asso ciated Press Photo Mrs. Henrietta B- Martin, presiden' of the so-called "Good Government Congress";' her father, C. H. Brown, secretary of the organization, and o. L. VanWegen and L. E. Fitch, assert ed members, entered pleas of not guilty .this morning before Justice- o: the Peace William R. Coleman, when arraigned. Through their attorney, T. J. En right, a Jury trial was requested, and the court set Prldsy morning at 10 o'clock as the time for the hearing. VanWegen, arrested a week ago last Sunday on a concealed weapon charge, was arraigned, entered a plea of nat guilty, and his trial was set on this count for tomorrow. Tne city ponce have the revolver. Mrs. Martin appeared carrying a large Bible. The smal courtroom was packed with people, with many tn the hall. Many residents of the city, who heretofore have not appeared at the gatherings, were In attendance, manifesting a deep Interest in .the affair. The crowd was good-atured, and laughed. The expected tenseness was not manifest. The charge of "riotous conduct and disturbing the peace" against the four defendants Is the outgrowth of the attempted buggy -whipping last Saturday by Mrs. Martin of Leonard Hall, editor of the Jackson-llle Miner. State and city police halted the al leged attack shortly after It was started. The warrants against the four were sworn to by City Officer Tom Robinson. TEXACO-S. O.N. S. IT CANCELLED Thet much anticipated Texaco- Southern Oregon Normal school game scheduled for Thursday night in this city was called off this afternoon, according to announcement from Ashland. The game was arranged by the SONS as a practice event to precede the game scheduled for next week with the Eastern Orecon Normal school. The latter game was can celled so the ABhland team called off the Medford contest. C.PENNE OF 30 GENTS IS PAID NEW YORK, March 1. (AP) Di rectors of J. C. Penney Co. today de clared a quarterly dividend of 30 cents a share on the common stock, compared with disbursements of 45 cents paid since September, 1B32. A regular dividend of SI. 50 was au thorized on the preferred. PORTLAND COUNCIL FOR TAX ON SALES PORTLAND. Ore., March I. (AP) With only Mayor George L. Baker caitlns a negative vote, the Portland city council today adopted resolu tions a-kins the fttr legislature to reject the general sale ta legislation. Legislators Near BALLOT CASE DUE IS REPORT State And City Police Busy Gathering Up Loose Ends Good Government Ora tor In Sudden Fadeout. Stale police and city police, and the district attorney's office contin ued today their activities In Investi gation of the brazen and audacious ballot box. robbery In the court house the night-of January 30. The' authorities refused comment upon the latest angle of their problngs. or to divulge the nature of the evi dence and clues, except In a frag mentary manner. The authorities admitted however, that one of the men for whom a warrant was Issued, has disappeared during the past three daya and that his present whereabouts la unknown. He was reported as active in organ ization of the "Good Government Congress," and for a time, one of its chief orators. Gather Up Clues The authorities also admitted that they were "rounding up the loose ends" In the case, and that reports made by citizens of what they saw on the night of the ballot theft, had provided much corroborative testi mony. The officials would neither ' com firm or deny the report that valu- able documentary evidence In tne shape of a letter, had been turned over to the authorities. They re fused to tell the content of the Jet ter. or Its author. They ssld It had been received by a womaa In an up state city. Fehl Get. lawyer ' H. Von Schmalz of Bums. Ore informed the district attorney' of- (Continued on Page Ten) . FALL ON SHIP LOS ANG-DUS, Mar. !. VP) David Hutton, Jr., of Angelee temple here today aald he had received radio advices that his wife. Almee semple McPherson-Hutton, evangelist, was seriously 111 from the effect of an almost fatal fall aboard ship In the Mediterranean, en route to Egyp' Hutton said the radio came from his wlfe'a traveling companion and nurse, Beralce Mlddleton. It did not ex plain the nature of the accident but stated the evangelist "fainted and fell" aboard the ateamahlp Fella, and was "seriously 111 but showing some Imnrflwmpnt." The evangelist In on a world tour for her health. BACHELORS STRIKE LACKS IN SUPPORT PORTLAND, Mar. 1. (&) iLeadera of the strike erf unemployed, unmar ried men at the Portland commons wood yard found themselves with few er than 100 followers today. The so-called strike started last week, the men declaring they would no longer work two hours a day for two meals and a nglht'e lodging. They wanted 60 cent an hour and a minimum of 1J hours work a week. The community cheat and relief agen cies declared they could not pay un employed men to work. ECONOMY REORGANIZING POWER AGREED UPON WASHINGTON. March 1. (AP) Compromise with the senate on the 1956.000.000 treasury-post office ap propriation bill and its provisions giving President - elect Roose'elt broad powers to reorganise the gov ernment for economy waa Accepted today by the house. . Bankruptcy Bill Waits Hoover Plan WASHINGTON. Mar. 1. (PfTnt drastic emergency bankruptcy re vision bill today received final con- g-ewlonl ertlon and was sent to the, Whit House for President Hoover si a;-na.tur, 1 mJ Im M LINDBERGH CASE LINK LOST BY PROSECUTION CLEARFIELD, pa. Mar. 1. (P) J. J. Devtne, a private detective on trial for abducting Garrett Schneck, Hope well. N. J., fishmonger, testified to day that the Lindbergh kidnaping case would have been solved "within two weeks" had he not been prose cuted for holding Sohenck prisoner. Devi no said under cross-examina Annex Medford to China In Joke Bill Introduced By Third House Member (Mary Grelner Kelly) SALEM, Feb. 28. A bill to annex Medford to China If that city does not change Its brand of warfare, was one measure on the "third house" calendar which passed unanimously last night. Waiting their chance to gain con trol of the legislative halls, the third house members (composed of lobby ists and newspaper men) In one hour disposed of six weeks of "un finished business" much to the mirth of the packed gallery (made up of duly elected aolons and amuse ment seekers). The third house session opened with fan fare and ended with foam ing beer." In the middle was sand wiched beautiful bathing girls, who acted as stenographers, and "pesti To All Citizens of Jackson County The "Citizens Committee of 100" desire that all registered voters of Jackson county, Oregon, who support the principles upon which this com mittee Is founded, and who desire to become known as affiliated with the committee In Its work, should sign the blank below and mall It In to the committee. The objects and purposes of this committee, as set forth, are as follows: To preserve order; , To support the duly elected and appointed officers In the faithful performance of their duties; To bring to Justice such persons as are or have been violating our laws; With a further object and purpose In view of restoring normal peace and prosperity In Jackson county I desire to lend the weight o my influence to the further ance of the above objects, and authorize the publication of my name as associated with the Committee of 100 for that purpose. - (Name) , (Address) (Sign and address to "Committee of 100, Medford, Oregon") HUEY LONG AT OVERTON HEARING a) V.L '"MS Hucy Long, former governor of Louisiana, now United State! senator and counsel for Representative John H. Overton, is shown with Mrs. Stephen Seyburn listening to testimony at the congressional sub-committee investigation in New Orleans. (Associated Press Photo) Illinois Solons Pass Repeal Act SPRINGFIELD, til., March 1. ( AP) Tha house today passed bills re pealing the state prohibition law and th search and aelaure act and sent them to Governor Horner or signa ture. The vote on the prohibition repealer waa lift to 39 and on the search and seizure bill 120 to 34, Revolt tion that Schneck would have been involved in the kidnaping of Col. and Mrs. Lindberghs' baby. Schenck has claimed that he was abducted at Hopewell, June 10, 1933, by Devlne and e,lght others, and taken to an Isolated mountain cabin, where he was questioned about the Lind bergh case. He testified he knew nothing about It. ferous" lobbyist who 'were cut off by siren whistles. Sergeant-st-arms Joe Singer was suddenly transformed Into Governor Julius Meier and was escorted Into the session to the deafening routine of the Salem drum corps. The bogus election of a speaker atarted the show of clever imperson ations. Legislators characterized were the fiery Prank Lonergan, the al legedly communistic Representative Oleen, the scholarly Senator Wood ward, the expansive Ben Nichols and others of outstanding personality. Acting as pages In the third house session were two hundred pound men with colorful tarlton skirts and painted Hps. These, of courss csr rled on extensive flirtations with the i - (Continued on Page Seven) Fire Truck Is Sent To Beach Residence Fire department waa called late thla afternoon to tha It. O. Beach residence at 113 Geneva street. When the Mall Tribune went to press the truck had not returned, slid the ex tent of the blaze osd not been determined. in Lower House VE HALTS PROGRESS OF SENATE BILLS Protest Against Procedure Voiced After Eight Upper House Measures Side Tracked In Retaliation SALEM. Mar. 1. (AP) Wearied by nearly two solid months of legis lating and irked by I.: action of the senate In either kttltn or amend ing all house bills, lawn- .kers of the lower house broke out nto a near revolt last night. Ttv bloc, organ ized during the day and with 35 names sttached. had 'tarted func tioning in the Oregou gislature. More than an s fight was waged when afte.' .ght senate bills had been referred back to commit-: tees for "further "onslderatlon," the i outbreak occurred, and opposition to , the bloc was voiced when attempt j was made to send back the ninth. ! Few senate bills were passed, how- ever, and lste adjournment was tak en until 0:30 today. Rotten roll (In "This Is rotten politics." declared Representative Dickson of Multno mah county In voicing the first pro test against the procedure, which. according to rumor, would have con signed all senate bills back to house committees. "I have heard of a 'deal' and I don't Hke It." he said. Charges were made that the ref erence of senate bills was retaliation for the senate killing the so-called beer bill" and Hall repeal resolu tions. Argument for the night was al- (Continued on Page Ten) -4 OREGON'S PEARS PORTLAND, Mar. I, (AP) Ger many la whetting It appetite for Oregon pears and the demand la growing. Foreign .representatlvea or Oregon distributors have sent word here that there la such a good de mand for pears In Germany that a call has come to, move all accumu lated storage stocks along the At lantic coast. The trade here today said every thing Is being cleaned out In the Portland territory. This waa cald to be probably the most hopeful re port on a season marked by extreme low prices. 4 T PORTLAND, Ore., March 1. (AP) What waa described as "the most aggrevated case of animal cruelty to come to the attention of the Ore gon Humane Society waa reported to police today after society operatives haa rescued more han 60 dogs from a .half-acre plot where they had been confined without food or shelter for many days. A warrant waa Issued for David Ewlng, alleged owner of the dags. Agents for the humane society aald the dogs, well-bred setters and point ers, had been kept penned In the enclosure for days and that several were dying, some from lack of nour ishment and others from disease. Cannibalism among the hungry an imals was reported. "This Is the worst case of cruelty I have had In 30 years' experience,' said Mrs. F. W. Swan ton, manager of the society. SALESMAN'S CIGARETS AND TOBACCO STOLEN SALEM, Mar. 1. P) A oateo Of 5000 ctgarettea, three dozen one. pound can of smoking tobacco and assorted chewlnjr tobacco were atolen from a tobacco saleman'a car here yesterday when the machine waa driven outside the city limit andVl" aerted. mlnua Its load. State police recovered the car. Mflhoney to "peak. KLAMATH PALAS, Mar. lfT) Wlllla E. Mahoney, mayor of Klanv ath Falls, said last night he has ac cepted an Invitation to be the prin clpal apeaker at the Roosevelt inaug uration banquet to be held at Eugene Saturday, , Budget Director Rep. Lewis Douglas of Arizona waa selected by President-elect Roosevelt as hit budget director. (Associated Press Photol HOTEL MEDFORD P. G. (Pet) Denson, for IS yeara Identified with the hotel business In California, assumed active man agement of the Hotel Medford today. Mr. Denson Is an experienced hotel operator. He recently has been in charge of the Traveler's Hotel at Dunsmuir which he owns, and he also owned and operated two hotels In San Francisco. He operated the Tioga hotel at Merced, Calif. Merced is the gateway to Yosemlte national park. Denson enjoys a wide ac quaintance among hotel men of Ore gon. Washington and California. Manager Denson will assume the place occupied by the late Emll Mobr, proprietor and manager of the hostelry for many years. He said today that the Hotel Medford would continue to be operated on the high standards of the past, and that he desired the support and cooperation of this city and county. A number of improvements are scheduled to be Initiated. The new management will make an appeal to the tourist trade, and Manager Denson has bn active for seversl months, In a trl-state cam paign to Increase the tourist traffic along the Pacific highway. The new manager Is a member of the Northern California Hotel assoc iation, the Oregon Hotel association, and a charter member of the Hotel Greeters of America. He Is a mem ber of the American Legion. Duns muir post, and served during the late war as a captain In the engineer corps. Before entering the hot, business 16 years ago. he was a civil engineer, connected with Ford, Bacon and Davis, one of the largest con cerns of Its kind In the land. 'S MIAMI", Fla., Mar. 1. (p Barring unforeseen development, Mayor An ton Cermak of Chicago will recover from 0 1 u a e p p e Zangara's bullet wound and the complications that followed It, his attending phyalclar-a announced today. "Mayor Cermak definitely Is on the upgrade now." Dr. Frederick Tice aald. "Hla lungs and heart sound good. "Barring unforeseen circumstance a, we now can say he will recover." Dr. Karl A. Meyer and other physicians concurred in the statement. Japanese Enter City of Lingyuan SUICHUNO, Manchuria, March 1 (AP) Oeneral Helplro Hat tort, com manding the 14th brigade of the Jap anese army, entered the city of Ling yuan, Jehol, shortly after nlgMfall today. . . f , . Mortgage Holiday Passes In Senate WASHINGTON. March 1. (AP) The senate today passed with sur prising speed the Hull-Wslcott mort gage foreclosure moratorium bill. It now goes to the house. 'S T Five Times Previously Pro mises Broken Threat To Japanese Civilians Clause To Save Own Face. By P.MX M.tlXON (Copyrighted by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) WASHINGTON. Mar. 1. Strong men drooped at the atate department when Japanese Ambassador Debuohl arrived with a nromlaa that the .Tana would NOT Invade China proper. They agreed tnat made the Invasion cer tain. Their conclusion was no Joke. Five time haa Debuclil come to the de partment in the past year with prom ises. Five times tlhey have been broken most of them Immediately. It haa seemed that nla promises have acted as a signal for violation of them aoroas tho Pacific. This last one waa made last Thursday- The Japs should have been climbing over the Great Wall before today under the schedule of past performancea. Mister Debuchl did allow himself something of a loophole this time by taking on a big UNLESS, He said there would be no Invasion UNLESS China threatened the safety of Jap anese civilians. You may recall that waa the ex cuse given for destruction of the Chi nese district of Shanghai last year. It is noteworthy Debuchl also prom ised bhat would not be done. He like wise promised th Japs would not at tack TsltsLhar, Chtnchow and had no designs on Manchuria. American street - urchins' have ' a word for It. ? This time the belief of our of ficials la etrengthened by confiden tial word from their agents in tho Far East. They have received no In formation indicating a chance in the Japanese campaign, which la: Cap ture 01 jenoi; retirement from the League of Nations; use of the first pretext to declare war on China; in vasion of China proper, starting with the seizure of Polplng and Tientsin. "rae work will probably be done in that order. Evervone mnrl m m decently oould for the National city bank officials involved in fch tpie market mess. The InvestlJTaLortt nnr not -nlm... e4 by any love for Charlee Mitchell, the bank nresldent. or hi muvii They would gladly have stuck pins in mem lor me real or tne week. They agreed that this waa not a very good time to be prosecuting or persecut ing bankers or bank. wooody questioned their Judgment. Even the more radical Investigator fell In with that policy. ft Was all flMri NihMavt et llm. u. Mitchell should return fv v at-nri ao he oould give some constructive (Continued on Page Nine) . Oregon Weather Generally cinuriv tnn.sh Thursday: occasional light rains and iwm snows over nign mountains; normal temperatures; moderate southerly wlnda offshore. WILL ROGER.S BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Feb. 28. There wasn't a soul in America that when they pickod up their paper today didn't utter the same expression, "Well, that's too bad," when they read that Mayor Cermak had pneumonia. Lots of states and places are calling a moratorium on debts taxes, bunks. Takes us so long to think of anything our selves. Funny we thought of it for Europe but not for our selves. . - AVhy pour all that recon struction money into a bank when all you had to say was, "Wo are going to pay you out as we are nble to pay you out." Yours, stun uiihmm-
