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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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-
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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.
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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
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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
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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-