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edford Mail T: Paid-Up Circulation People who pay tot their newspapers lis the beat prospects fox the adver tiser. A- B- O. otrculatioo ta paid up circulation, rhia newspaper ta a. a a Twenty-Seventh Year MEDFOUi), OKEGOX, SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 1933. No. 93. Glfl PJl nn rt i UVU The Weather Forecast: Unsettled; probably ralu Sunday. Temperature Hliheit yesterday M Lowest yesterday 10 M KlMJNE , o I. ISJ)SIWELT IT Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS THE governor of Michigan declares a bank holiday, whloh means that while the holiday lasts the Mich igan banks don't have to pay out money to depositors. Now get this: . Banks In OTHER STATES are de positors In banks In Michigan. Be cause of the holiday, they can't get their money IMMEDIATELY out of the Michigan banks. ' So holidays Save to be declared in 'Other states in order to enable their banks to meet the situation that arose out of the Michigan holi day. r' IS like the 'rowa of dominoes, you see, that children set up. When the domino on the end la pushed over, it topples the one next to It; and so on until the end la leached. In time, this train of event that was started In Michigan reaches the Pacific coast, and bank holidays are declared in Oregon, Washington and California. WHY these holidays? you ask. Here la the answer: To PRO TECT the money of the depositors. That la the whole story. "B" that be? How is the depositor pro tected when he can't get all his money that U in the bank?" And here la the answer to that question: The institution of banking, which Is one of the most Important insti tutions we have, making possible most of the enormous expansion in business which has occurred since banking began, la built upon the fact that In normal times all depositors won't want Jthelr money at once. But - In ABNORMAL times, auch-as (.hone,, something may occur that will make them' all want their money at once. When that happens, there Is trouble and EVERYBODY loses. These bank holidays make It pos sible to restrict payments and thus prevent the dissipation of the com munity's accumulated capital, upon which its whole commercial progress depen t. So. you see, they DO protect the depositor. BANKING Is a very ancient insti tution, which Is supposed to have been founded by the Phoeni cians, The earliest bankers accepted de posits of money gold or silver, usu allyfor safekeeping ONLY, and they charged a fee for this service. That was all there was to It, at first. BUT. in the course of time, some smart Phoenician at least the credit la usually given to the Phoe nicians made the discovery that all his customers didn't ask for their money at the same time. So the thought occurred to him: "Why not LEND a part of thla money to people who need it In order to carry on their business, instead of leaving it lying here idle? As the money from these loans comes back In, I can use It to repay those who , ' want to take their money out, and thus everybody will be helped." The scheme worked, and so the in stitution of banking, which Is one of the most useful institutions we have, was born. TJUT keep this clearly In mind: ' - The whole institution of bank ing, which has done so much to make (Continued on Page Four) , CROP LOANS MAY Application for farm crop loans from the federal government this year will soon be acceptable, accord ing to announcement yeeterday by George Hilton, Inspector for this dis trict under the crop loan act. A definite announcement will be made In the press within the next week. All persona wishing loans on annual crops are asked to apply to the county agent of the district. Last year 60 loans were made In thla dis trict and 300 or 400 ranchers are ex pected to take advantage of ttie of fer this year. The maximum loan under this act la 300 and the mini mum $35. Interest ts charged at the rate of o'i per cent. No charge la made for tha appli cation with the exception of the no tary charge. Loans may be obtained on all farm crops that are annuals, none ii allowed on perennials. ' NEW PRESIDENT IN SWIFT MOVE TO HALT SLUMP Vows Immediate Action in Emergency Senate Ap proves Cabinet Choice Traditional Rites Seen By Edward J. Duffy (Associated Press Staff Writer) WASHINGTON, March 4. (API The echo of the presidential oath for Franklin D. Roosevelt bad hard ly died this afternoon before he set out to conquer the great challenge that confronts the country In the banking emergency. Steeled for Immediate action, in his Inaugural address he vowed de termination to lead the "army of our people" as though to vanquish enemies of war; returned to the White House from the capltol, at once submitted his cabinet nomina tions to the senate and called that cabinet together for counsel late in the day. Cabinet Choices Confirmed Matching his will for no delay, the senate In special meeting lost no time In confirming all .his cab inet choices. Judging from the comments, there was no doubt that the legislators had been Impressed by the Demo cratic Roosevelt's forthright declar ation that the times must be con sidered like times of war, and that he. Intended to seek any drastic ex ecutive powers necessary to handle what comes. Thla swift succession of events overshadowed all else in the signif icance of the .historical day. - Outwardly, all the traditional pag eantry of inaugurations held sway. But there was more than that. Big Events Sensed Never was there such a day, for beneath the panoply of. parade ran a waiting and a wanting new to Inaugurals. .,Tue, sense of momentous,-and par- (Continued on Page Five) FEATURE DAY OF Tl Yesterday was a, day of wild rumors In the strife and turmoil that has be set Jackson county for the past two months. The most widely circulated rumor was that former Sheriff Ralph O. Jen nings, and his two sonr Paul Jen nings and Louis Jennings had been arrested by "government secret men." The report was termed baseless and fantastic In the extreme. It gained wide circulation In some of the coun try districts. In the north part of the county. Fen! Refuses to Talk. Earl H. Fehl, as county Judge, re fused comment upon the report that he had Issued warrants for Chief of Police Clatous McCredle, Sheriff Gor don L. Schermerhorn, and Coroner. Frank A. Perl.. Fehl stated over the telephone that he "was not- telling anything to' the newspapers." It was reported that Fehl planned to name a "deputy constable' to serve war rants. The coroner and sheriff Fri day refused to serve a warrant on Chief McCredle. In defiance of the circuit court's restraining order. The district attorney's office spent yesterday working on the evidence In the ballot theft and destruction ease, for presentation to the grand Jury, of which Theodore J. Bell, Jr., is the foreman. The exact date for convening of the Inquisitorial body Is problematical. It cannot be con vened upon any of the non-Judicial days occasioned by the bank morato rium. It la probable that the grand Jury will consider all the testimony gathered In the ballot stealing charges. The authorities still refuse to make public any of the evidence. or deny or affirm that a number of confessions and statements have been made. ' Half Dozen Hunted. There were no new arrests In the case yesterday, though a still hunt continued for a half dozen men wanted on warrants or for question ing In the case. Efforts of Attorney T. J. Enrlght to secure the release of T. L. Bre cheen of Ashland and C. W. (Chuck) Davis of this city, arrested a week ago, and now held In the Josephine county Jail, were postponed. Justice of the Peace William R Coleman re fused to approve the bond until the bondsmen had been examined for their qualifications. Bonds were prof fered In the sum of $5000 each. Saturday was one of the calmest days in wecka at the courthouse, and the main hallway was practically empty most of the afternoon, save for a dozen or so men. gathered In groups. It was a non-judicial day. and les than normal btiMnesi was trsn--arted by all of the county de-naitmentj. Miss Meiling and Miss Wilson Winners VOYAGE ON POPULAR BALLOT Miss Margaret MelUng, with 2,504, 000 votes, won first place In the Merchants-Tribune popularity contest and the title of "Miss Medford," ac cording to complete tabulation fin ished at 11:00 o'clock last night. Miss Meillng will be a guest of the Med ford merchants and The Mall Tribune on a delightful voyage to Hawaii this summer. Ellow Mae Wilson secured second place with 1,706,200 bellots and will enjoy a cruise from Seattle to Vic toria, B. C, thence to San Francisco and return by steamer. Little Oleta Rogers, the "Flower Girl" made a splendid showing, .capturing third place with 1,671,400 votes, while Rosa mond wall, with 902,800. was In fourth place. The count is subject to a care ful recbeck before final awards are made, It was announced last night by the Judges. All contestants made excellent showings and the entire contest ma terially stimulated business In this city, according to participating mer chants. The standings, from time to time, and final results were an nounced at the American Legion's popularity ball at the. Oriental Gar dens last night. The standings were as follows: Name. Ellow Mae Wilson Votes. 1,706.300 26.300 28.600 3,504.600 Margaret Chllders Arvllla Burns . Margaret Meillng Vivian Meter ... 1,300 Jean Fabrlck 6.100 139,100 Laura Drury Lenli Inch 687,600 Oma GcBauer .. 267,000 Rosamond Wall .. 903.800 Wilms Morgan 1,800 OoUtle Hlgtton. -, 2.300 Margucrllo McAllister 239,100 Ruth Bou&aum ..- 10,700 T.hclma Heard 30,000 Louise Elrod ...... 1.200 Edna Newbry, Talent : 65,600 Jean Chamberlain 5.0i)0 Frances Wakefield, J'ksonvllle 1,100 Virginia Flck, Jacksonville ... 10,300 , 1.800 Venlta Anderson .-. Shirley Orford .: 1,400 Ruth Demoreat 1.800 Catherine Stewart 3,300 7,900 1,500 12,400 8.500 1,100 1,100 1.600 8.000 28,200 1,200 3.500 1,800 64.100 3,000 l.dOO Helen Stewart , Qenevleve Brown Dorothy Reynolds -Sally Roberts Frances Sparrow Dorothy Lee Pearl Rhodes , Peggy Glnn . Viola Strong Louise Laughead, Jacksonville Bernedlne Arnold. Jacksonville Bltlle earless Eunice Wheeler Edna Brewold .......... Flora Collins Ruth Hanscam Virginia Gregory . Frederlcka Brommer Geraldlne Latham Clara Younger Oleta Rogera Audrey von Stein . 55.600 42.900 147.000 97.300 6.600 ..1,571,400 59.600 Eleanor Orth 1,400 1,200 1.500 2.400 2,800 1,500 Dorothy Orth Margaret Purcell Elizabeth Purcell Yvonne Devaney Beth Joy LUCiEN LYTLE RITES WILL BE HELD TODAY; Luc ten Lytle, resident of Jackson county for the past 40 years, died at his home at Jacksonville Friday night following a several weeks' ill ness. Born at Coburg, Ore., had lived at Piinevtlle for some time be fore coming to southern Oregon and while here spent most of his days at Jacksonville, He Is survived by his widow and one daughter, Regiene, of Portland, also by two sisters, Mrs. Louisa Craln and Mrs. Isa Potntdexter of Prlnevtlle and another sister, Mrs. Flo Batdorf of Jennings Lodge, Ore. Funeral services will be held on Sunday afternoon at the Jackson ville cemetery at 2:00 o'clock If the weather permits and If not at the home at Jacksonville, where the body will lie in state from 11 a, m. until 3:00 p. m. today. Services will be In charge of the Stock Funeral Parlora of Ashland and the sermon will be preached by Rev. D. E. Millard of this city. Mrs. Lyt le will accompany her daughter back to Portland to reside. EUGENE. March 4. (AP) Oregon lost its final game of the season here Saturday night when the Ore gon State team won, 34 to 34. It marked the end of the most dis astrous seaau. n years, during which the Web foots won only two games, and It was the first time In a decade that Orecon has lost all four games to the Beavera. BANKS CONTINUE MORATORIUM E I Oregon Joins Most of Other States in Shutdown Action Made Mandatory Can Make Change Only Banks at a Glance By the Associated Press Open with restrictions on with drawals Mississippi. Wyoming. Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Kansas, Florida, fl) . Also District of Columbia. Restrictions limited to few banks Virginia, South Carolina, Nort,h Carolina. (3). Closed Washington. Montana, Oregon, California, Delaware, Id aho, Nevada, Utah. Arizona, New Mexico, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Tex as, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Connecti cut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, South Dakota. North Dakota, Colorado, Arkansas. (37). Medford banks will be closed to morrow In accordance with the order Issued by Governor Julius L. Meier, it was announced here last night. The extension ot the banking holi day, local bankers stated, Is manda tory and requires -a cessation of all banking activities until Its close. Ac cess to safety deposit boxes will be permitted tomorrow. Tills announcement was made last night, following a conversation by telephone with Governor Meier. By the close of Monday officials expect to have accomplished adequate legislation to allow the opening of the banks Tuesday morning for regu lar business, It was stated. - SALEM, Ore., March 4. (AP) Oregon's 1&8 banks, which for the past three days have observed a holi day period by limiting withdrawals, will on next Monday be closed by order of the governor. Today Governor Julius L. Meter ex tended the holiday period to include Monday. He said further holidays might be proclaimed from day to day. The only service the banks may extend will be changemaklng and ac cess to safety deposit boxes. The action was taken following a conference of more than 100 bankers with the state banking board and other state officials. The board reasserted- ita faith In the security or the Oregon banks. By the Associated Press Banks in each of the 48 states were closed under holiday orders or were operating under restrictions Saturday night as financiers, econ omists end government leaders laid plans to bring America back to financial normalcy. The New York stock exchange and the Chicago board of trade, largest trading organizations respectively in securities and grain futures, were closed and so were smaller markets. Livestock and cash grain markets remained open, but transactions were at lower volume. 4- HEARING DELAYED An order delaying the hearing on the writ of habeas corpus proceedings of C. H. McKltrick, scheduled for Fri day afternoon at 8 o'clock, was signed late yesterday by Circuit Judge W. M. Duncan of Klamath county, pre siding on the local bench until Tues day March 7 at three o'clock. McKltrick was detained by the state police, and the city police, for ques tioning in connection with the court houso ballot robbery. Writs of ha beas corpus were Issued by E. H. Fehl aa county Judge, for his releaae, along with T. L. Brecheen of Ashland and C. W. Davis of this city, held In the Josephine county Jail at Grants Pass, and Virgil Edlngton and J. Croft, all reputed "Good Government congress" members. McKltrick. Edlngton and Croft were freed Friday on 610O0 ball. Oregon Weal her Unsettled, rain west portion and enow In mountains Sunday: Monday rain weat and snow oyer east of the Cascade mountains: moderate tem perature; Increasing southeast and I south wind, becoming a gale, off-than. Scenes at Inauguration of rsV frir'4K 3 n Jv 4hrv- -V v 4j Associated Press telephoto from Washington, T. C, of Herbert Hoo ver, retiring president, and Franklin Delano Koosovclt, Incoming chief ex ecutive, leaving the While II011.se for the capltol, where Mr. Kuosevelt took the oath of president. Right: Crowds bmp m hied In front of tho uipltol to wttnesK the nriinhilstratlnn of the oath or office to Vrnnklln IX Konse vclt. 1 link lii if him the thirty-second president of Jhe United States, A Modern Miracle At .11:05 a. m. Saturday, Herbert Hoover, retiring president, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Incoming chief executive, left the -White House together for ' the . cnpltol, where Mr. Roosevelt took the oath of office., Pictures of the pair' were taken by the Associated Press, sent by telephoto process to the San Fran cisco office of the A. P., developed, matrices made and Immediately mailed to subscribing newspapers. The Mall Tribune matrix was re ceived by mall at 3:44 p. m. Sat urday and appears In this Issue a modern miracle performed by a great newspaper service using two recently developed inventions, the transmission of pictures by wire and the transportation of mall by nlr. END OF CONGRESS KILLS LAME DOCKS WASHINGTON, March 4. (AP) The last of the "lame duck" sessions of congress, with & record of failures surpassing that of accomplishments, expired today to make way for a Democratic dominated national legis lature that probably will meet In extra session next week to combat the nation's financial troubles. Adjournment came In the house at 11:20 a. m., with 8peakcr John N. Garner's farewell address and In the senate at noon when Charles Curtis of Kansas ended four years In the vice-president's chair to yield his gavel to the Texas Democrat. GATES AND LYDIARD ALLAY MORBID FEAR OF RECORD HERALD To the Editor: In the Pacific Hecord Herald ap peara a letter from C. H. Brown re garding money taken from the Far mers and Fruitgrowers bank after the moratorium was declared. Our firm received that money small silver change to enable us to do business. For that change, we paid the bank Its equivalent In other money of larger denomination. Tnla courtesy waa not denied by any of the banks. No money was taken from the bank the moratorium waa not vio lated. This should serve to show Just how much foundation there la for the nauseous vaportnga of the filthy minds that have been casting sus picions on the citizens of Jackson county. OATES A? LYDIARD. W. A. Oatea, if W ,sr .. ' i m4 JEHOL CAPTURED; JAPS MARCH ON TO SEIZE CHINpHOW, Manchuria, March 4 (AP) Japanese troops today occu pied Jehol city, the capital and last Chinese stronghold In the province of Jehol, and Immediately ttirned to the task of seizing the passes along the north wall of China. Major General Tadashl Kawahara's 16th Infantry brigade entered Juhol city officially at 11:30 a. m., after a battle with 3000 Chinese four miles from the capital. The .Chinese were routed and many cannon, machine guns and horses were captured. An aerial bombardment preceded the en try of the troops. The Japanese then continued the pursuit of their foes, Intending to follow them as far as Kupenkow, in the great wall of China, and occupy that gateway to Pelplng, only 60 miles further south. The 14th Infantry brigade under Major Oeneral Heljlro Hat tor I routed Chinese south of Llngvuan and oc cupied Lengkow, another pass be tween Kupenkow and Shanhalkwan, on the coast.- . World anxiety as to whether the movement to the great wall meant an invasion of North China proper, In cluding the Pelplng-Tientsln treaty area, continues. An army spokesman declared thla depends entirely upon the behavior of the Chinese troops presently retreating through the fjreat wall par-sea and those already on tbe soutu tide. mm :. MONDAY Roosevelt V i 4-.K it i . ; AGAIN DEMANDS FEHL STEP OUT Killtorliil In A.ohlnnrt Tidings. "Convinced of the giave danger which would exist should Mr. Fehl succeed In being nominated on the Republican ticket for the vitally Im portant office of county Judge, we today abandon our 'hands off policy In the primary campaign not to en dorse any candidate, but to oppose with all the power and with the per aonal conviction of our duty, not only to the Republican party, but to the citliwns of Jackson county, tne nomination of Mr. Fehl, whom we would under no circumstances sup port in -his aspirations to public of fice. We do this bocause we honestly believe that a genuine menace would face this county should Mr. Pehl, with the destructive attitude which he has exhibited In his publication, achieve a position of power In this county. . . . We urge this because we have at heart the welfare and best in terests of Jackson county aim our fellow citizens. . . . and we advocate the voters remove, NOW, IN THE PRIMARY, the menace of such men- tat attltiaie as Mr. Fehl has. and continues to exhibit and as he would exhibit If elected county Judge." The foregoing appeal to the voters of Ashland and Jackson county ap peared In the Dally Tidings on May IB. 1933, two days before the primary Continued on Pag Four 5 1 Hit i zy COMMON SENSE GOVERNMENT IS NEED, SAY DEMS Incoming Administration Will Be Vastly Different Southern Faithful Peeved by Cabinet Choices (Copyrighted by McClure Newspaper Syndicate) By Vau Mullon WASHINGTON, March 4 You may not rcalizo yet how different these Democrat aro going to be. From President Roosevelt on down through the cabinet list they are tackling their Jobs today with an underlying feeling entirely foreign' to ordinary Washington Inaugurations. Their different spirit is well ex pressed by a certain new cabinet officer. He told newspapermen con fidentially In his first press confer ence: "I am no super-man. I do not know much about the Job I am tak-. lng. But I have an Idea that what this government needs is s little common sense, rather than exper ience or expert. T,hat Is all I hope to give It. "I am thoroughly amazed at the deplorable situation In which we find ourselves. But I am not afraid. 1 think If we keep our feet on the ground and use common sense we hall soon be all right." These new Democrats have a pen chant for talking "off the record.' Mr. Roosevelt and the cabinet mem bers converse freely and In a friend ly way with newspapermen and call ers but seldom for publication. They do nob run very strongly to public statements. What they say In confidence la usually quite frank and devoid of propaganda. For Instance one cab inet officer was asked what be thought of guaranteeing bank de posits. Without , hesitation he re plied:. "Off .the record, i thlnk tt would be awful.' Such a clear-cut answer as that was a shock to old-time correspon dents who are accustomed to Ifs, buts and howevers. Faithful Democrats from down south were so peeved they held, a secret meeting when Mr. Roosevelt selected Interior Secretary Ickea. They could see no good reason in designating a Republican for any thing except damnation. was actually chosen to call on tha high priest of patronage, Mr. Farley to make a protest. Ho did. Next day Mr. Roosevelt officially announced selection of Ickes. How Mr. Roosevelt's wooing of the Progressives will come out Is a sub ject given much consideration In congressional cloakrooms. Those In the southern wing of the . party could understand when he . chose Agriculture Secretary Wallace. They thought he went too far In picking Ickes also. The truth. Is the Progressives. themslves are very coy about Mr.. Roosevelt's ardent attentions. At least three of their outstanding (Continued on Page Fire) WILL ROGER? "tnC w$ays: BEVERLY mLLS, Cel., Mar. 3. 'Twas a lovely morningf sun sliming bright. Arthur Brisbane and the fleet hud just returned from somewhere. Or ange juice was in every glas3; cameras were oiled and ready to crank on beautiful scream stars; tho birds were singing in this eucalyptus trees. The birds were singing why t Because they couldn't read the papers. The papers . said tho bunk clerks, had worked so hard lately they should have a holi day. So, as we are all on a holidHy, let's take, it on the chin and grin. The Rogers having laid in no supplies against such an emer gency will be living on horse meat, as that's our sole pro duct. I love horses and I only ask don't let me know which one we are eating toduy. I hear they have called a moratorium on inaugurations. Yours, t 0 r s piAA n
