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Newspaper Page TextMedford Mail Tribune The Weather Forecast: Sunday cloudy; moder ate temperature. Temperature Highest yesterday - 61 Lowest yesterday 39 Paid-Up Circulation People who pay lot tneij newspaper ue toe oeat prospects lot the adver tisers. ABO. circulation la paid ap olrculation, rbla aewvpaper la a. S. O. Twenty-Seventh Year MEDFOKU, OREGON, SUNDAY, 3IAKCH 19, 1933. No. 30o. mm m Jab L . , , Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS PRESIDENT Roosevelt asks and receives dictatorial authority to deal with a bank crisis that arises swiftly Just aa he takes office He asXa and receives unquestioned authority to reduce expenses of gov ernment to the extent of a .half bil lion dollars by cutting veterans' al lowances and the pay of federal em ployees. He. asks for a beer bill, and con gress passes It unhesitatingly. Now he is asking for dictatorial authority to handle the farm problem. The authority he aska will unquestion ably be given him. PERHAPS' you think: "For a democracy, based upon govern ment of the people, by the people and for the people, we era moving pretty rapidly In the direction of dic tatorship." But remember that whenever we face the emergency of war we confer IMMEDIATELY dictatorial powers upon toe president; thus conceding that In grave emergencies democratic government has Its drawbacks. No one will deny that the emer gencies we are facing now are grave ones almost aa grave aa the emer gency of war. So we are NOT departing from our regular and eatablished practice. -it. ashing of expenses by a half billion dollars per year Is Intended to reduce the NEED FOR MONEY. The beer bill, with Its accompanying taxes, Is Intended to bring In MORE monev. The objective la the rals . ing by taxation of money enough to nav the government's bills, Until that Is done, confidence can't be completely restored. MTHTl" An VOU ask? W Well, look at it this way: If a friend of yours, or an .acquaint ance, zoea on year after year spend ing more money than he makes, do vnn viv anv confidence In his future stability? Of course not. You KNOW.Jie Is riding for a fall ponie feel the same way about governments. A-A HHHAT Is why It Is necessary for 1 cw-mmftntA to balance xneir hudaets "balancing the budget" fce mi a fancy term, more popular with lournsllsta than with ordinary news paper men, meaning taking In as much money aa la paid out. hmot ivi-aat. nrnHnr market of the 1 country open on Thursday, after remaining closed a little more than . ,,v ,nri a half, within less than a minute after their opening rising prices have added more than 50.000.00O to the value of grain stiu remaining In the hands of farmers in the United States. Whv? Because of new CONFI DENCE in the future of the coun try. Because people believe the bottom of the depression has been reached and that better times are in store there are more buyers than sellers. Tnrrt u-Mk flo. there were more sellers than buyers. That Is what confidence doea. OF E Robert B. Btrahorn. prominent railroad builder, accompanied by hla wife, la spending a few d&ya in Medford visiting old friends, having arrived here Saturday morning on the Shasta from San Francisco, where they now make their Home. Mr. Strahorn denied that he waa here on any business Interests, say ing that he waa here for several davs. renewing old acquaintances, Thta is hla first trip to Medford In six or seven years. Mr. Strahorn said Among the lines which Mr. Stra horn built are the Southern Pacific electric line built between Portland and Corvallis, and the Oregon. Cali fornia and Eastern line east from Klamath Falla w,hlch was finished in 1M7. The latter line waa later sold to the Orpat Northern and the Southern Pacific. The railroad builder aatd he would like to add his words of cheer on the prompt action taken by Presi dent Roosevelt, and added: "I think we've started on a new highway. We've hit the bottom that we were supposed to ,hare hit so many times before, but we can't go any lower." Ratlroads still Interest Mr. Stra horn. f i till mainJttns infer r i-ir. ie said. H is r -1 in the real estate bull' nea. m, &aa Francisco, Rogue Promises to Give Up; Men Indicted Public Three new arrest were made last night in the extensive drte or city an state police to bring Into custody all persons allegedly connected with the theft of ballots rrom the court house vaults and In other ways Implica ted lu the agitation, which has been prevalent here since the first of the year. Karl Bryant of JackMHiTllle nas placed In city Jail, charged with burglary not In a dwelling. Andrew. H. Simpson, elderly man from Jackson creek, waa brought Into county Jail, charged with criminal syndicalism In Indictment returned by the grand Jury, and Donald Tryor, one of the "Greensprlng Mountain Boys, was arrested In connection with the ballot theft. Bryant la the man whose house In! the Jacksonville district waa set on lire last January by Nick Kayl of Crearent City, who waa brought to this city to face charges January 14. Bryant waa picked up on a John Doe warrant late yesterday. Simpson baa been seen about Med ford very frequently atnee organiza tion of the good government congress. He Is usually clad in leather cap and high topped boots, ad la noted for having much to say about the gov ernment. Tryor, who la a cripple, has been closely associated with p. J. Conners. one of the foremost leaders In the confess. The arrests bring the total to seven on chargea of criminal syndicalism and the total In connection with the ballot theft to 17. There are six war rants yet to be served Fifteen of the persona arrested are In Jail, County Judge Ferl and Sheriff fichennerhorn. the other two, are out on bjaii. . . Gaddy Jailed Another arrest in connection with the Fallot theft was reported late to night by state police, when James D, Gadd7 of Jacksonville, another lead er in the activities of the so-called good government congress, waa taken Into custody. Gaddy Is charged with burglnry not In a dwelling in the in dictment returned Wednesday by the grant: Jury, and wm placed In the count Jail. Walter J. Jones, mayor of Rogue River, and road supervisor for that district named by County Judge Fehl. Indicted In a aecret Indict ment, for complicity In tne ballot thefts that thwarted the snerni election recount, on the night of February 20. when a "Good Govern ment congress" meeting waa In ses sion in the court house, will present himself for arrest Monday next, his attorneys announced in court yes terday, The Indictment heretofore secret;- waa read to Fehl in open court. Jones la in Portland, Attorneys Enright and Schmalz announced, and Is "coming here aa last as an auto can carry him." Jones haa been aought since Thursday, and up to that time waa a frequent visitor at the court house. He waa active in "Good Government congress" circles, and at the Bursell- Lamkln hearing before Fehl in Jan uary demanded the resignation of Commissioner Nealon and other county officials. Authorities say he waa both Inside and outside the court house auditorium on the night of Vie ballot burnings. Jones ball haa been fixed at $7600. It Is understood he has made provision to furnish it, upon court appearance. List of Indicted Alt the 23 Indicted men, save six "John Does," Claude Ward, a brother-in-law of h. A. Banks, held for murder, and Jones, are either in Jail, or at liberty on bonds. Four are held on criminal syndicalism war rants. The Indicted men are: Earl H. Fehl, county Judge, re leased on 1 15.000 bonds. Gordon L. Schermerhorn, sheriff, released on 7500 bonds. John Olenn of Ashland, former county Jailer. h. A. Banks, agitator, held In Jose phine county Jail for the murder of Constable George J. Prescott. Arthur LaDleu. former aide of Banks, In the newspaper business Thomas L. Brecheen of Ashland, former Alameda county. California, resident, democratic ward worker, and court house habitue as a recip ient of board and room. Mason B. Sexton and Burley Sex ton, brothers, "court house boarders, who had room privileges also atop the court house. R. C. Cummlngs of the Wlmer dts- trict, and a "Good Government con gress' leader In that section, Wesley McKltrlck. listed i "Banks guard' and reputed leader of the "Greenaprtngs Mountain Boys." C. Jean Conners, vice-president and parliamentarian" of the "con gress." Virgil Kdtngton, 35. "Banks guard," and last year a Gold Hill high school boy. heretofore highly regarded for sterling qualities. Claude Ward, brother-in-law of Banks, once named as a machine (Continued on Page Four) BERLIN. March 19 I7P) Dr. Hans Luther, who resigned yester day as president of the Relchsbank. has been appointed German ambas sador at Washington, It was learned today from a high authority. SEATTLE. March 18 (AP) Oer- aid Clarence Hill. 39. Seattle busi ness man arrested Fridav for re movsl to Portland. Ore . on a charee : of making a false affidavit, was re leased todjgr under 50Q bond. River Mayor F DUE ON THURSDAY JTie hearing for the ouster of Gordon L. Bchermerhorn, aa sheriff, ordered by Governor Julius L. Meier, was postponed Saturday afternoon until next Thursday, by Circuit Judge W. M. Duncan, upon motion of Attorney Frank J. Newman, coun sel for the sheriff. Attorney Newman, In ibis motion questioned the constitutionality of the ouster proceedings, and saked for more time in which to prepare arguments and other legal matters. The ouster proceedings were based upon the chargea of the two county commissioners that Sheriff Bchermer- horn had failed to properly manage the county Jail, refused to name new Jailer except of hla own choos ing, was a member, of the "Good Government congress," and had re fused to lock up members of the "congress," or perform other duties concerning them. Last week the bonding company providing bonds for Sheriff Scher merhorn for duties outside the tax collection department, served notice of the cancellation of the bonds, in the sum of 10,000. The suspension of Schermerhorn for 90 days is requested, on the grounds that In that period the bal lot theft case, of which Schermer horn stands Indicted, will be cleared away. It Is understood that similar ous ter proceedings have been or wilt be Instituted against County Judge Fehl. Schermerhorn, a resident of the county for nearly forty years, was elected sheriff over Ralph G. Jen nings, "write-In" candidate by 133 votes. On the eve of a recount of the valley, the ballots were destroy ed and stolen, automatically ending the recount upon order of the cir cuit court. Schermerhorn la well and widely known, particularly among the old timers. DEVASTATED CITY LOS ANGELES. March 18. (AP) Undisturbed by a fairly severe earth shock at 13 :63 p. m., plans wertl ahead here and at Long Beach today for general reconstruction and for a coroner's Inquest next Tuesday which will seek Information as to why school structures su f fered greater damage than other types of build ings In the quake of March 10. Coroner Frank Nane said he would seek to determine not only how nearly 120 persons met their deaths, but whether there was criminal neg ligence or dishonesty Jn the con struction of schools completely wrecked or badly damaged by the aeries of tremors. The shocks began about two hours after thousands of children had been dismissed from classes for the day. Today's quiver waa the first not iceable one In two days, and did no damage. CONGRESS TO KEEP BUSY UNTIL MAY WASHINGTON, March 18. fAP) j Congress Is going to keep at work on President Roosevelt's new deal until about May 1. That Is the agreement between congressional leaders and the new president. w,)o has derided he can draft the remainder of his suggea tions rapidly enough for the nailonal legislature to have something to work on. Originally. Mr. Roosevelt thought a abort reresa miRht be necessary a f t r t he emergency progra m waa enar;ed. Rut the continuous aeft tioa now ii agreed ugoo .. SALEM HI DEFEATS 32 TO 28 FOR STATE TITLE In the southern .Oregon secondary school basketball tournament held at Ashland the results last night were: Finals (Championships) ' Chlloquln 19, Phoenix 18. Consolation Jacksonville 36, River ton 24. Third Ptaw Port Oxford 22, Power 31. All-State Tournament Teams Selected by coaches, offlcaala and newspapermen. First Team Kelly, Salem, forward. Scott, Silverton, forward. Wellington, Lincoln, center. Kolberg, Lincoln, guard. Low, Jenkins, Athena, guard, flecond Team Oiipneaso. Astoria, forward. Wintermute, Salem, forward. Welchmann. Benson, center. North am, Eugene, forward. . Eastman, Lincoln, guard. . Honorable mention Forwards, Bels sel of Athena, Silvr of - Lincoln: centers, Danner of Eugene, Weber of Athena. Pettyjohn of Silverton; guards, Mackey of Astoria, Merryman of Corvallis, Miles of The Dalles, En gel of Salem, McLean of Marsh field. SAI-HM, March 18. (ypJ -Portland high schools will go at least another year without a state nasketball cham plonshlp. The rangy, wise-cracking rallsplit ters bowed to Salem high by a 33 to 38 sxre as the Sean tors grabbed their fourth state title since the big show was organized. The last one came to the capltol city In 1926. The score was frequently tied and the game alternated between bursts of rapid-fire scoring and periols of close checking. Many long shots were counted, particularly by Salem. Silver of Lincoln south pawed 18 points, all with one hand includ ing two foul conversions In the same manner. Johnny Kelly, Salem's only all-state player,, began the rout with a parade of long shots as the game opened. Astoria Third SALEM, March 18 (AP) Third place in the state basketball tour nament went to Astoria hlg.h, but the good wishes of the crowd went to the little high school of Athena which frequently led the Fishermen and which went down only two points In a colossal climax. The final, score was 37 to 26 for Coach John Warren'a team, but last half long ahots did the work. BILL MORGANGETS PRO - GMDJHTERS ETJOENB., March 18. (AP) Bill Morgan, captain of the 1932 Univer sity of Oregon football team, la con sidering three offers from profes sional football teams to play with them next fall, Coach P. G. Calll son said here tonight. Morgan has not yet been sent a contract and Callleon would not name the teams with which nego tiations are under way. Two of the offers are understood to be attrac tive to the giant Oregon tarkle and It Is considered likely he will accent one of them. If Morgan goes east to play pro fessional football, he will return to Eugene to re-enter the university In the winter- term to complete his course here, Calllson said. Morgan la a former Medford high star, and well known here. BASEBALL SAN JOSE. Cel., March 18. (AP) Combining some opportune hitting with Art MrDougala wild new, the Portland Beavers coasted Into a 1 to 1 win over the San Francisco Seala here today, evening up their exhibition series at one game apiece. They meet again tomorrow. R. H. K. San Francisco 18 8 Portland 18 14 0 McDoiigal, Stlne and Kenna. Wall gren; Cohen, Murpby and FalUaoo, L Court Takes Steps to Halt Loitering All Day Hang ing Around Practiced by 'Congressmen' Is Irksome The county court has taken steps to forbid loitering In the halls of the courthouse, that has been prevalent since the first of the year, and to keep them cleared at all times. No tices to this effect will be posted on the walls. Sheriff Schermerhorn has promised to enforce the order. Anyone with legitimate business In the courthouse will be welcome, but the order Is aimed at the practice of many gathering daily in large num bers In the halls, and remaining all day. Frequent complaints have been made that "congressmen" were mak ing threats against those known to be opposed to the "Good Govern ment Congress" or Banks and Fehl, when they left or entered the court house. The courthouse corridors be came a rendezvous for members of the so-called "Good Government Congress' and known agitators, and a sort of clearing house for rumors. Many of the loungers posed aa "body guards." The dally gatherings ham pered office and court work. The last general courthouse corri dor gathering was Thursday morning. Banks, in hla issue of hla weekly dated March 18. said the trial of Henrietta B. Martin was scheduled for March 16. and urged all members of the "Good Government Congress" to as semble for the trial. About 300 re sponded. At the time the trial had not been set, and due notice had been given that It would not be called until later. Following the slaying of Constable Prescott b? Banks the crowd flocked to the murder scene. The past two days there has been a decided decrease in courthouse at tendance, among the heretofore regu lar attendants. . The county court feels that by keeping the courthouse corridors free of loungers, much word-of-mouth agi tatlon, that haa been' rampant for months, will cease. . DRYS PLAN FIGHT WASHINGTON. March 18 (AP) Congressional leaders claimed with confidence tonight that the bill to legalize beer will be agreed to Mon day, In time for President Roosevelt to sign it by nightfall. Success In that plan will depend on extraordinarily fast action Mon day morning, alnce senate and house must compromise wide differences and have yet to make a start, offic ially, on that agreement. But the assurance with which Speaker Ratn- ey, and Senator Harrison of Missis alppl, In charge of the measure on his side of the capltol, predicted quick approval led many to believe that a solution already had been found. If signed Monday night, the meas ure will permit the sale of real, legal beer by April 4. But the or ganized drys, fl g,ntlng every step of the way against relaxation of prohi bition, announced plans today to try by court Injunction to block sale In an effort to have the law declared unconstitutional. Dr. Clarence True Wilson, secre tary of the Methodist board of tern pe ranee and public morals, said he and hla allies Intend to carry the fight to the supreme court. They have not yet chosen, he said, ths Jurisdiction. In which to start this attack, but tihelr plan of cam paign la ready. f E WASHINGTON, March 18 (AP) Forty closed banks of the nation will re-open wltthln a few days be cause the directors and stockholders, believing In the future of the In stitutions, went Into their pockets and raised the necessary capital to ; restore the capital structure of the Institutions. Secretary Woodln. In announcing the Imminent reopening . of the bank, as Id he had been astonished by the loyalty and belief In the fut ure of bankers who would unhesi tatingly go Into their own pockets to improve tihe Impaired condition of the banks. He aatd that In 40 cases the af fairs of the Institutions had been put In shape where they rould be reopened and that licenses would be Issued then at the earliest possible E N. M. Hogan Chairman Of Drive Major 1933 Ob jectives Outlined. An aggressive membership campaign by the Medford Chamber of Com mecte is to be conducted the week of March 37th in order that the pro gram for 1933 may be carried out in its entlrlty, waa the announcement of William S. Bolger. prestdent, day. . to- Detail and preparatory work for the campaign has been going on for the past few weeks and the board of directors of the chamber of com merce haa been fortunate In obtain ing the services of M. N. Hogan, to act as general chairman of the cam paign. The campaign will carry out the "Building Idea" and the program la announced as being the foundation upon which It la hoped and expected to build a greater Medford. Tlie major objectives 1 nthe 1B33 program of the chamber of commerce are: 1. To develop a greater spirit of confidence In Medford and to direct our effort toward a more united community, with loyalty to local in- atltutlons, and more co-operative ac tion on mattera concern lng the wel fare of our city and county. 2. To Increase tourist travel to Medford by conditioning militant publicity campaign throughout the year by emphasising Medford as an Ideal convention city by co-operat ing with Shasta-Cascade Wonderland association toy popularizing Crater Lake and other scenic attractions of this district. 8. To foster the agricultural de velopment of the rural districts of southern Oregon by promoting bet ter team work between farmers ana business -men by visiting grange meetings periodically. . To make an agricultural survey. 4. To render, at all times, such aid as la necessary to Industries establish ed here. In order to protect Medford's Industrial payroll and to endeavor to bring here those outside Industries which are needed and have reason able chance of success. 5. To encourage, foster and pro mote the retail bualness of Medford and to Increase the prestige of the city aa a commeroini center. In addition to this, the work out line t for the year will embrace the! activities of the following committees: 1 Membership, roads and hi ways, leg islative, fish and game, home pro ducts aviation, taxation, Insurance, and fire prevention, civic affairs, transportation, Intercity visitation, hospitality. In carrying the building idea out In Its entlrlty, the campaign will discontinue the old habit of having generals, colonels, lieutenants, etc. and Mr. Hogan will be called the ar chitect of the campaign. Four gen tlemen working directly under him will be known as the foreman, Dr. F. G. Bunch, J. 0. Collins, Carl E. Grant, and J. Verne Sh angle. Each of these men In turn will have 10 men under their direct supervision, who will do the actual work of soliciting, and the respectively will be known as plasterers, carpenters, and bricklay ers. Mr. Hogan stated that he was very happy to take over the general chairmanship and that he waa en tirely in accord with the program s outlined by the chamber of com merce for the ensuing year. On of the largest prospect lists ev er put together In Medford will be gone over by the foremen next Wed nesday night and everyone In the city win oe asked to subscribe to the pro gram which It Is believed can be made very effective and can produce def inite and tangible tesults for Med ford. As has been atated before the de tail and preliminary work has been completed snd during the next week Mr. Hogan and hla fourty four help era will hold several meetlnga so that a perfect organisation can awing Into the field when March 28th arrives which la the actual date when the sol Muttons will start. Many business me, have called at the chamber of commerce office dur ing the past week to fill out appllca tlon blanks and that la regarded as very encouraging and Indicates In measure that the campaign will be a success. There never was a time, it la b. llev-Kl by chamber of commerce dl rectora, when Medford needed an eg' greaslve civic organisation and It is felt that the vast amount of work which can be done should not r.e hampered through lack of funds. It was pointed out by chamber of ficials that during the past year the organisation has performed a con struct ve service to Medford and the (Continued on Page Four) Special roller tlon PORTLAND. Ore., March 18 (AP Archbishop Edward C. Howard of the archdiocese of Oregon, announc ed today a special collection will be taken at all masses In Catholic ehurrhea of the state tomorrow for the relief of Catholic sufferers In 'be southern California earthquake laona, Fehl Freed as Bail Approved Karl H. Felil, county Juilcc, visibly nervous, and wan and weary, appeared before Circuit Judge milium M. Duncan Saturday afternoon, and was ordered released on $13,000 bonds, with Ted Helmroth of Grif fin creek. E. E. Morrfaon of the Central rolnt district, Mrs. Ariel nurton Pomeroy of the Old Staite Itoad section, John lluener of the Jacksonville district, Oeorge K. Ohenclialn and his wife Sarah P. ohen rhaln of the Central Point district, and Edward Vocel of the Griffin creek district as signers. The court in releasing Fehl. de-' clared there waa sufficient prima facie evidence to warrant It, but in formed the state that at any time the state desired It, further hearings on the qualifications of the bonds men would be heard. The state contended that tlie qualifications of the bondsmen waa not sufficient, and desired more time In which to Investigate their holdings. All or any one of the bondsmen are liable un der Oregon law for the full amount of the bonds. Fehl came to court with his wife, and attorneys, T. J. Enright and H. Vail Schmals of Burns, after being In seclusion for two days. The state had threatened to demand hla ap pearance from Ted Helmroth and Ed Vogel, bondsmen on the first bonds of 5000. The court again denied the plea of Fohl'a counsel for a reduction of the bond from $16,000 to $7,600. Sharp Exchange There were several sharp inter changes between Deputy District At torney George Nellson, and Attorney Enright. At one Juncture, Enright said:. "This la persecution not prosecu tion. They want to put Judge Fehl In Jail and take his fingerprints, and make him the 'goat'." "We will not go Into the matter of Just who la the goat at this time." rejoined the deputy prosecutor. "It looks like t,he publlo might be the 'goat'." Before the1 questioning of the bondsmen, Fehl was arraigned, and the Indictment, charging him and 33 others with "burglary not within a dwelling." The defense was grant ed time in which to enter a plea. and file a demurrer, If deemed ad visable. Time of entering a plea was sot for next Monday, If Judge Dun can was able to be here, and next Thursday, If delayed Most of the bondsmen shook hands with Fehl in friendly greeting as they filed to the witness stand Mrs. Ariel Burton Pomeroy, carried , Bible. When sworn in, she said I always want to take an oath on the Bible." St rnln Noticeable Friends and acquaintances of Fehl In the comfortably filled court room, remarked upon his changed appear ance. He haa apparently lost weignt and sat with bowed head in a gloved hand, most of the session. He was visibly nervous at the start of the proceedings. Tlie whereabouts of Fehl during tihe period the officers were seeking to serve a warrant upon him was not divulged, but ha was reported as having been secluded In a house between this city and Jacksonville, near the Jacksonville highway. FOR ILL WIFE OF To the home of Mra George J. Pres cott. whose condition has been de scribed as very critical since the pre meditated and brutal slaying ,pf her nusuand by u. A. uanxs Tnureaay, the body of Officer Prescott waa tak en yesterday afternoon. Unable to leave her bed, the strlck en widow, asked thaf a short home service be allowed for the Medford constable, for whom public funeral rites will be conducted at the armory this afternoon. The request was granted. Members of the Medford police force, closely associated with "George' for may years, acted as pallbearers. A few immediate friends Joined a daughter and two sons at the bedside of Mra. Prescott, while Rev. W. J. Howell delivered a short sermon. An attending physician stood nearby to administer aid to the railing woman. A few words were ald. The casket opened, then closed. And the man, whose heroic service to this commun ity, came to a tragic end Thursday with the firing of a rifle, loaded and waiting for him, wont out to his house for the last time. rermak Will Filed CHICAOO. March 18. (AP) A quarter million dollars waa the value of the late Mayor Anton J. Cermak'a estate aa estimated In his will filed for probate today. The will be queathed 817.000 to charities. 8110.- 000 to co-workers, former employes, and friends, and tie remainder to his family. . PARIS, March 18 The move ment to pay the United States the 810,000000 in war debt Interest due last December 18 was brought offi cially Into the chamber of deputies today In a resolution urging that the payment be made. The call for pay ment Is gaining such support that I the government soon may be forced fevor, M openly. In a special article printed In th Ashland Tidings yesterday. Earl H. Fehl, county Judge, "deplores the wanton killing of George Prescott," and charges .his own Indictment in the ballot stealing and burning, as "a gigantic political frame-up to rob me of my position as Judge of Jack son county." The statement is as follows: "1 wish at this time to make a publlo statement in which I deplore the wanton killing of one of the best and most hon orable peace officers that Jack- , son county ever had, George Prescott. I had no knowledge of the affair until long after the tragedy. Also permit ma to state that I always stood for Justice and law enforcement, (through the orderly process of a Demo cratic form of government. As to the charge against me of theft and destruction of the bal lots I state that this charge is a gigantic political frame up to rob me of my position as Judge of Jackson county." ' BILL AIDS ALL WASHINGTON, March 18. (API Secretory Wallace today praised th Roosevelt farm relief program aa looking toward "a balanced social state" to benefit not only the farm er out ine entire nation. In an address here, . ho asserted that the proposal, now awaiting ac tion fn congress, provides an "amnls safeguard" . for consumers: . t,hat taxoa through which the program will seek to Increase the farmers' return will decline as rapidly as the price the farmer receives for his pro duct Increases. ..at, wicuuca wie Dili's aim to curtail production, asserting that "as our economic system works It seems that the greater the aurpliu of wheat on Nebraska farms, the longer the bread lines In New York." Special Veterans ' Meeting Called A call for all veterans to meet at the city hall today at one o'clock haa been Issued by Commander h. a. Oarlock of the American Legion poat. The veterans plan to attend the funeral o: Constable Oeoree Prescott at the armory at 3:30 p. m., following the special meeting at the city hall. WILL ROGER? BJSVJSRLY HILLS, Cal., March 17. The millinium (whatever that is) has arrived. On a senate vote on economy uuiy 10 senators voicci tnat they could run the country bet ter than the president. Among 'em Huey Long and Champ Clark. California passed the racing hill. Maybe Texas, the great est horse raising state in the Union, will allow one to run for his oats. Beer is coming back, wine is coming back, Greta Gnrbo is coming back, Sister Aimee is coming back. Senators' salaries cut 15 per cent. (That's fair). Movie salaries cut 50 per cent. (Not so hot). Newspaper col umnists' salaries cut. (That's a crime).. Stage comedians' salaries cut. (That ain't fair). But if Roosevelt says it is, why, it'a 0. K.