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edford Mail Trib Paid-Up Circulation People who pay tor tbeu aewip&pers ire the oeet prospects for the advertisers- A. B Ol circulation le paid ap circulation, rhia newspaper le . a o. Twenty-SeveDth Year MEDFOKD, OREGOX, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1033. Xo. 297. The Weather - Forecast: Fair tonight and Friday. No change In temperature. Temperature: Highest yesterday ,, ,, , 81 Lowest this morning 86 M UNE ilSSEJJ EH T ME Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS ! S THESE words are written, fed J eral, guarantee of national bank deposits looms Increasingly as a prob ability. . . By the time they are read, this probability may be even more defi nite, as Democratic leaders In con gress were advised on Tuesday night that President Roosevelt would rec ommend a modified bank deposit bill In his message to the , special session which opened at noon today. n ERE la the thing that MUST be JCl accomplished If financial sta bility la to be restored: Confidence In the banks must be established. Depositors must be made to KNOW that when they put their money In the bank they WILL 6et IT BACK. Until that Is done, there can be no sucn thing as bank credit, be cause people will continue to hoard their money OUTSIDE the banks. Without bank credit, business In this day and age cannot go forward. THE reconstruction finance corpo ration was Intended to restore confidence In the banking system. It has failed. It baa failed for the simple reason that AFTER the creation of the re construction finance corporation, Just aa before, banks went on falling. People were quick to note this fact, and the moment they noted It what ever confidence was created by the establishment of the R. F. O. was destroyed. ' ' Hoarding went right on. JUST what the 'reconstruction fin ance corporation will cost by the time its affairs wUl be liquidated no one at present knows. Probably It will cost plenty. It seems reasonable to believe that if toe cost.of -the reconstruction fin ance corporation had been devoted to guaranteeing bank deposits, the re sults would have buen infinitely bet : ter. All this, of course. Is water over the dam. What has happened has happened, and nothing le to be gain ed by crying "over the milk that has been spilled. . ' What we want now, and must have, Is restoration of confidence. HOW can that be accomplished? As stated once before In thla column, you probably know as much about that as anybody. What would restore YOUR confidence? Whatever would restore your confidence would probably restore the confidence of people generally. Whether anything short of govern ment guarantee of deposita can ac complish that at once, this writer does not know. Probably NOBODY knows. BUT if government guarantee of deposits IS adopted, and If it DOES restore confidence In the bank ing system, aa there la every reason to believe it will, for people gener ally still have complete confidence In the stability of their government, the results will be Immediate and amazingly beneficial. The money that Is being hoarded utalde the banks will begin to flow back Into them. As money begins to flow back Into the banks, bank credit will again become available. As bank credit becomes available, business will begin to go forwsrd normally again. With business gotni; forward nor mally, plans for the future can be made once more. Wc are a naturally optimistic people, and with our con fidence In financial stability restored we should begin to make prompt pro gress toward recovery. 'I1EWMERSUED FOR DIVORCE BY WIFE MIAMI. Pla. March 8 (AP) Mrs. Janet Allen Walker today sued James J Walker, former mayor of New York city, for divorce In the circuit court of Dade county. She alleged deser tion. I SALEM. Ore., March 9 ( AP- Irv ing E. VlnlnR of-Anhl&nd was ap pmted a- member of the Mate game conimiRMon by Governor Julhis L. Mlr late yesterday. His appoint ment was far live-year term. Drug Runners Leave Officer Handcuffed PERMIT EARLY President's First Care Is Financial Situation Asks Re enactment of Sections Old War-Time Trading With . Enemy' Act to Prevent Hoarding and to Control Gold Reserves Solons" Promise Speedy Enactment WASHINGTON, Mar. 9. () By almost unprecedented unity, the house of representatives late today unanimously passed the drastic hanking bill asked earlier by President Roosevelt, and the senate prepared for the "Immediate action" which the President had said was Imperative. All was In readiness for the White House to order reopening of "sound banks" In the morning. If the bill should be signed Into law granting the extraordinary powers requested by the executive. WASHINGTON, March 9. ( AP) The administration Is ready to per mit the opening of all "sound banks" tomorrow, if the emergency banking bill Wd before congress today by President Roosevelt la enacted by that time. Treasury officials have been going over the condition of all banks. Onoo the leg lain tloii nUtiioi using the president to act Is on the statute books, as expected, the officials are ready to name those Institutions wbicjh may resume activity. Other banks will be opened as rapidly as their sound condition Is proven. Insolvent Institutions will be closed for examination of their assets by federal "conservators." In a- new proclamation which the president Is prepared to Issue tonight he will continue his broad control over the banking situation and ban any more hoarding of gold. WASHINGTON, March 9. (AP) After the Presidents message had been rt$ad by clerks in senate and house and opening formalities disposed of, the senate recessed until later after noon while the . banking conunnteo considered the new legislation. T.Vie house made ready for Immediate con sideration. ' Representative Byrnes of Tennessee, Democratic floor leader, said: "If this bill is not passed today no one can tell what will happen tomorrow." Representative Sneli of. New York, Republican leader, said: "I am jo tng to support the president," Byrnes said President Roosevelt wanted the bill to become law to night so that all "sound banks" could" open tornorrow. WASHINGTON, March 9. (AP) Prestdentt Roosevelt" emergency bank bill was submitted to congress today carrying out his program for controlled expansion of the currency and resumption of normal banking under his regulation. The bill would ratify the executive orders Issued by the president and carry his authority over the banking situation; provide for concentration of Via nation's gold supply in the federal reserve banks; penalize hoard ing, and provide for controlled ex pansion of the currency. The bill was introduced by Senator Glass (D., Va.) "The bill," said Senator Robinson (Continued on Page Five) 3 REATESTATE DEALS REPORTED Thus far this week the Charles A. Wln Agency. Inc., nas closed three real estate deals, all of which show the back to the land movement which is taking place here in the valley. Monday the suburban prop erty formerly belonging to R. Clem ents was sold to P. W. Barnheisel, Mr. Bamhelwl taking possession or his new home todsv. Tuesday B. H. Dickey, formerly of Myrtle Creek pur chased the A. L, Lehman improved acreage on Sunset drive. On the same day Earl Miller leased the acre ape formerly belonging to Geo. W. Jackson, located on Kern Valley road. Mr. Miller intend to truck farm the property. Other purchasers' of properties through the Charles A. Wing Agency during the latter part of last month were J. H. Culey, home on Jackson street: J. H. Moore, formerly of east ern Oregon, purchased the August Lange seven-acre Improved place on Orchard Home road. In an interview today Mr. Wing stated that. Judning from the inaulrles. real estate should be unusual active durirut the next few months. This particularly ap plies to suburban properties and acreages. LOUDERBACK CASE COMING UP LATER WASHINGTON. Marrh 9 (API Senator Norris (R.. Neb ) today told newspaper men he would move when t,he aenat reconvened at 4 o'clock In the impeachment trial of Federal Judje Harold Louderbark of Callfor- ; nla that the caw b adlomd imttl ' A.-rn date in the immediate future. I yet to be fixed. RE OPENING IS PROVISIONS OF BILL WASHINGTON. March 9- (AP) A brief, authoritative description of the emergency banking bill follows: 1. Validation of all emergency decrees and proclamations of the president ana secretary of the treasury. 3 .Re -enactment of sections of the old wartime trading with the enemy act, to prevent hoarding and to control gold reserves In the United States. 3. Grant to the federal govern ment power to control all nation al banks; state banks, through state banking commissioners; pro vision for prompt reorganization of non-llquld banks, and closure of non-llquld banks for the pres ent. 4. Authorization for the re serve board to Issue federal re serve bank notes, notes of corpor ations, partnerships or Individuals secured by United States obliga tions and against notes of mem ber banks when secured by sound assets. Thls 'was' the interpretation' of a senator who had studied the bill, but was not an administra tion explanation, POLICE DOG BITES Betty Le Buckingham, 7-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Buck ingham, t,bis noon suffered severe injuries to her hand when bitten by a large police dog while on North Bartlett street. According to a report at the city police station, the little girl was en route home from the Lincoln school. She was playing with a ball and the dog playfully grabbed for It at the same time Betty Lee did. Owners of the dog took her home and she was taken to the doctor for medical attention. - PUBLISHER GETS . HILLSBOKO, Ore.. Mart. 9. (AP) J. Lamborn Elder, who recently bought the Tualatin Publishing Co. of Beaverton, and editor of a chain of weekly papers in that area, was released on S10O0 bond Thursday fol lowing his a,rrest on aft arson charge. Clare Williams. 38, of Portland, cir culation contest promoter, was held in lieu of 13000 bond on a similar charge. Police said the charges were filed as the result of a recent fire In the office of the Beaverton Enter prise, HUGE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM FOR RELIEF WASHINGTON. March 9. ( AP) House leaders said today that a $500,000,000 public works progrsm Including the development of Muscle Shoals and the Columbia basin pro ject was a part of the emergency pro gram which President Roosevelt would send to congress. BONUS CERTIFICATES NOT GOOD FOR COIN WASHINGTON, March 9 f AP) Although adjusted service certificates of ex-eoldlers constitute a pledge of the irovernment to pay. veterans ad ministration officials ssld today they may not be exchanged by banks holding them as collateral for loans for currency. RAINEY ASSUMES GAVEL AS SPEAKER OF H0UE WASHINGTON. Mar. 9. tP, As suming the speakership of the new congress. Representative Henry T. Ralney of Illinois, told the house that "today we are engaged in another war more aerlou in lt character and presenting greater dangers to the republic" than tt Wid wax. .Ml Emergencies Met C. of C. Certificates Circulating in Steady Stream Most Places Handle Gladly While Governor Meier was awaiting word from the national capital this afternoon relative to continuance of the bank holiday and adjournment of the state legislature, opinion was prevalent about the Oregon capital, according to news received here, that the bank holiday would be extended. It was also understood that the legis lature would adjourn tonight. There was no change In the local banking situation today. The three Med ford banks still maintained clos ed front doors, open side doors and were operating under restrictions, specified Tuesday, meeting all emer gencies and granting change to busi ness houses to enable the -carrying on of buying and selling. Chamber of Commerce certificates were circulating In a steady flow through the city, according to re ports fnom merchants and Individu als; Theaters as well as business houses were accepting the new mon ey and those without It were en deavoring to obtain It. Some mer chants were giving scrip In exchange for small checks to well known cus tomers. Although It was reported that merchants would not give change In return If purchases did not total the amount of scrip used In pay, numerous merchants were found making change. A complete survey was not made of the city, but It was understood that if any were refusing change they were In the minority. The local certificates are written by a group of well known firms, which have p ut up casft as secu rl t y a nd each certificate Is guaranteed by the firm launching it. ' It was -being accepted by all es tablishments and the general tend ency seemed to be to purchase, not to shun, the "brand new money." In response to requests from sev eral persons for Information regard ing "how to send money to persons out of town," B. E. Harder, president of the First National bank, stated It, would be necessary to obtain a postal money order or to mall actual cash, aa a check would only be received as a frozen medium at the other end of the line. It Is believed, however, that anyone In need will be cared for, as credit Is being extended throughout the nation in view of the president's proclamation, an d local people are urged not to worry about anyone In another locality. Persons anxious about Insurance, payments and other obligations to be met are reminded that the holt day is general and that some provl sion will necessarily have to be made to care for their predicaments along with the many other problems to be solved at this time. 4 PORTLAND. Ore., Msrch 9 (AP) George Neuner, United States st torney for Oregon for the past eglht years, will retire to private practice In Portland as soon as his successor Is appointed, he said today. Neuner, who began his law prac ties in Roteburg in 1908, was first appointed U. S. Attorney by Presi dent Coolldge In 1930. Promise Protection to All Who Wish to Quit As Follower of Banks To make .means of withdrawal clear to all persons wishing to sever membership with the so-called Oood Government congress, the following announcement was released to the press yesterday at the meeting of the Jackson County Unemployed Council, by its secretary. O. H. Ooss: It has come to the attention of the Jackson County Unemployed Council that several persons have requested of the Oood Government congress, through ita secretary. C. H. Brown, the return of signed membership cards in that organization but to date have not received them. All person having any such course of action in mind may get In touch with a committee already appointed for that purpose by the Jackson County Unemployed Council. This committee will take whatever action Is necesssry to recover these cards. (Address P. O. Box 643, City.) Simply send your name and ad dress stating briefly that you wish the card returned. It has alreadjr com to tU -atten LEGISLATURE TO 'ERE NIGHTFALL SALEM. March 9. (AP) The Ore gon atate legislature, after 65 days of continuous sesvlon, today was ex pected to clenr Its calendars, wind up the remaining items considered oi importance and call for sine die ad journment before night. The 65 days Included a five day special session and a regular session which ran 20 days over the allotted time. Late yesterday and last night tne Thomas utility control bill was buf feted around In the senate and wnen the upper branch of the legislature adjourned for the night, the measure was still on the table by a deadlock 14 to 14 vote. In the menntlme the senate passed the house bill legalizing horse and dog racing and parl-mutucl betting, defeated the 20 per cent tax reduc tion bill, and Ironing out the details In the general sales tax bill. Maintaining Its attttudo of caution on the liquor question, the , state senate last night killed two house measures designed to open up liquor traffic in conformity, proponents (Continued on Pago Eight) INFLATION BOYS OUT-TALKED BY HAPPY WARRIOR Copyrighted hjr McClure Newspaper Symllrale. By PAUL MAIXON. . WASHINOTTON, March . Al Smith out-talked the Inflation boys when he went before the Harrison Investi gating committee. He did not say anything particularly new. It was the typical Al Smith way In which he said It that left his opponents floored. The bearings have gone a long way toward curbing actions of the Infla tionists. You may have noticed In flation talk has died down on the floor In each house of congress since the hearings have been on. The pub lic woirj bond Issue as half-way In flation measure Is not getting the Aiipport expected. It may be different shortly. The Tammany boys had It hot and heavy arxong themselves beforo the speakership vote yesterday. The root of the trouble was Inner opposition to Congressman O'Connor. He was running for speaker. Word got out that perhaps Congressman Cullen, leader of the delegation, would also be a candidate for the same Job. That sent O'Connor off Into tantrums. The difficulty was complicated by the (Continued on Page Eight) WOMEN 10 PLAY OFF GOLF TIE NEXT WEEK Mrs. R. B. Smith and Mrs. O. O. Alenderfer tied for first honors Tues day, ladle' day, at the Rogue Valley golf course. Mrs. Orover Tyler won second honors. The winners of first place will play off the tie next Tues day. ' There were 18- women golfers pres ent for the noon luncheon and a larger turnout Is anticipated for next week, with the advance of sprln? weather. tion of the Unemployed Council that certain dire threats have been made and plana adopted that are strangely at variance with our Ideas of "Oood Govern men t." , In this connection, we can only say that the Unemployed Council has for its purpose the organization of the unemployed workers and Impoverish ed farmers upon a basis of their immediate needs. namely, food, clothing and shelter and cash wages for any employment obtained. In conclusion we wish to empha size that no amount of terrorism, including nooses, guns or horsewhips will stop us. JACKSON CO. UNRMPLOTMrrTT COUNCIL f a H, Oosj, Boouftarf.. MAY BARE ANGLE IN DARING THEFT District Attorney Consider ing Petition Asking for Re count Less Than Half Now Intact, Is Estimate The district attorney's office Is considering the filing of a petition asking for a recheck and recount of the ballots not stolen In th brazen and audtaclous raid on a court house vault on the night of February 20. It Is estimated that slightly less than half of the official votes cast in the lata general election are now Intact. The recount and recheck would have no effect on the election result. It would be an Investigation of another angle of the ballot theft and destruction. AS Containers Taken Forty-six of the 68 ballot cans and bags, containing the offlciM ballots, were stolen, according to a check made by the county clerk's office. In several instances where there were two precinct counting boards both were taken. Ballots from all but two Med ford precincts were taken. Thirty-two ballot pouches were stolen and the content of 14 others removed. The ballots not stolen were from the following precincts: Ashland: Boulevard. Oak North,' East and Southeast; Mcdford: North Riverside and East Medford. The other precincts are: Antloch, Applegate, Bellvlew, Central Point North, Climax, Derby, Deter, Flounce Rock, Foots Creek, Griffin Creek. Mound, Rogue Rtver, Union. Willow Springs and Wlmer. In all these preclncta tho vote was fairly close or small. -,. Discrepancies Seen According to the authorities, several discrepancies appear in the official count. More votes were county for the throe mainly contested county offices than for president. In one or two Instances this amounts to be tween 700 or 800 votes. The variance In votes for the different county of fices was also groat. Officials say It Indicates that a great many voters only voted for one or two county offices. District Attorney Codding believes that a recheck would show the trend and straighten out the dis puted points. Efforts to secure the release of T. L. Breechen and Charles W. Davis, held in the Josephine county Jail, in connection with the ballot thefts, failed yesterday. Only one of the bondsmen could qualify. Mrs. Ellen Jeffries of this city and Mrs. Clara Rib ley Smith of the Old Stage Road district offered to act as bond sure ties before Justice of the Peace Wil liam R. Coleman. When one failed to qualify the effort was postponed. DISTRICT VISITOR Brigadier Wm. P. Sansom, princi pal of the Salvation Army training college of San Francisco, Is spending today In Medford looking over tho field, having arrived here last eve ning to show moving pictures of the college. Including the visits of Oen ersl F. J. Hlggin and Commander Evangeline Booth. Brigadier Sansom is also acting as candidate secretary while on his trip north, and announced today that William Pope of Talent, son of Rev. Pope of the Methodist church there, la Included among the recruit for th section opening October 12. There are 05 candidates from the eleven western states In the district, Brigadier Sansom said today. About 3A0 attended the showing of pictures here last night. Including delegations from Roseburg, Grants Pass and Klamath Falls, THIEF TAKES PINK UNDIESJATCHES Everything from watches to pink undies were included in the loot taken from the Senior high school last night while Coach Darwin K. Burgher. Assistant Coach Ed Klrtley and Harry 8. Hlnman were busy tak ing exercleee.' When the rio decided to put on street clothes, they found numerous of their belongings missing, accord ing to the report on file with the city police. Coach Burgher lost a 50 Hamilton watch, a girt from his mother, and a pair of shoes. Klrtley told officers his pink silk undies were among the missing, while Hlnman ot hJs shojj. a valuable Elgin watch and a pen and pencil to Siskiyou Tree Names Long in Suit Samuel T. Ansell, recently coun. el for the senate committee In quiry Into the election of 8enator John H. Overton of Louisiana, filed suit In Washington auaintl Senator Huey Long for $500,000 damages on slander charges. (Associated Presa Photo) ASSASSIN PLEADS MIAMI, Pla., Mar. 8. (PI Olusep pe Zangara today ploaded guilty to charges of murdering Mayor Anton J. Cermak of Chicago when his mad attempt to assassinate ' President Roosevelt here February 10 failed. Zangara's plea was entered by Louie F. Twynian, chief of tne counsel ap pointed for him after Zangara himself had said, in response to a query to guilt by State Attorney N. Vcrnoi Hawthorne: - "I want to km the President. J want to kill all Kings and Presidents." Zangara himself took the stand after the state olosed Its case. ' "I'm 33," he testified, "born In Italy. I came hero first September ten years ago and live in New Jer sey. I live here three, four months since July. "I want to kill all capitalist. Be- cauus or capitalist people get so bread. That's Important thing not money. I feel this way since I 14 years old. "1 go to work when I six yesrs old I work with farm people. My father's In Italy. My mother died when I two years old. I got six slaters and a stepmother. We got same father not same moth er." "I have atomaoh pains since I six years old. I not mad at my father but t mad at capitalists. They got education. ' I don't smoke, drink be cause It makes my stomach on fire.' DAMAGED BY FIRE Considerable damage resulted fro.n fire at the C. T. Steward residence at 38 Geneva street, owned by George M. Roberta, shortly before noon to day, the blssw originating from a de fectlve flue, according to Fire Chief Roy Elliott. Mr. Steward said dam age to tha furniture was estimated at nearly $1000, and the damn to the roof and the rest of the house was not given. Nefghbors discovered the blaze and reported It to the city fire depart ment, which answered the call before Mrs. Peretta Steward knew the houw was afire. Mr. Steward said the due to the use of tarpaulins, much of the fur niture in the house was saved from damage. TABLE ROCK TRIP All persons planning to Join the Chamber of Commerce tour to Table Rock tomorrow night are asked to meet at the chamber at 7:1ft o'clock as there are 85 singers, many of whom will not have transportation, to make the trip. The Medford Oteemen will be one of the main attractions on the eve ning's program and It is Important that each member of the. chorus be present. Any aid In arrantring trans portation will be appreciated by the Chamber of Commerce, It was stated ltsl 4 y jllil InronrninT nun unarm it taik HI AGENT TO MAKEESCAPE Officers Watch Highway for Two in Ford Coupe Bribe and Death Threats Related by Customs Man S. L. Balllngar, United Statea cus toms patrol officer, kidnaped Wtrtnej day by two gun and. narcotic runners, while on duty near Belllngham, Wash., will leave by plana this after non for Seattle. Bellinger this afternoon said th.it when he searched hut captors' car, he found two Thompson aub-macillno guns snd a package containing alx revolvers. The weapons were still In their factory wrappings, and had never been fired. Bllncr tl'.at uile he ww searching the rear end of the auto, 39 miles south of Belllngham, he was knocked unconscious. The federal officer said that he was then locked In the rumble seat, and that he nearly suffocated from the gas fumes. BalUnger was reluctant to talk, but admitted hla Identity. He further stated that It wss his opinion that the two capors were engaged In both narcotic and gun running. He said that the Chinese are anxious now to get guns in any quantity. A United States custom patrol of-' fleer, stationed at Belllngham, Wash., whose name the atate police refuse to divulge, was found this morning about alx o'clock by H. h. Oiler, ft farmer, or Hornbrook, Calif.,: hand cuffed to a tree, alongside the Pa cific highway, near the Oregon-California state line. Belllngham art vices say the cuatonu officer's name Is thought toibe HL. Bellinger. Bruised and battered about the face' and head, the customs officer reported he had been shanghaied Wednesday noon, cast Into the rumble scat of a small car, and held prisoner while his two captors drove madly across two states, without food or sleep. 'Men Heavily Armed. The custom officer described the two men as narcotic handlers, armed with two sub-machine gtina and re volvers and desperate.1 He reported also that 800 pounds of narcotics, In-' eluding some opium, waa In the car, and that he was held prisoner to prevent seizure of the valuable con traband!' and prevent their own ar rest. The custom officer told the state police that yesterday morning he was on patrol duty, about 30 miles from the Canadian line. About noon he came upon ono of his captors In a logged-off field. In a car. He stopped, and lighted from the auto. While talking the cuatoma officer was ren dered unconscious by an unseen as sailant, who crept from behind to crash a pistol butt against his head. The custom officer did not regain consciousness until mid-afternoon. Early thls morning the captors atsrted talking about disposing of their unwilling prisoner. They finally (Continued on Page Five) WILL, ROGER? 'tnvC BEVERLY HILLS, Cnl., Mar. 8. "I am glnd it was me in stmirl oT you, Mr. President. " I hope they use that. No tombstone in America could . CHrry a finer tribute. His cour age, liis fighting spirit were great, but most of all his devo tion to his family during his battle for life endeared Mayor Cermak to his adopted couu try. ' On another (rain returning home forever goes Tom "Walsh to Slontana, whose epitaph might read "Fairness lost 8 friend, crookedness lost an en emy." But it's only the inspiration of those who die that make those who live realize what constitutes a Useful life. Tours,
