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0 Medford Mail Tribune Paid-Up Circulation People who pay Tor their newspapers are the best prospects (or the adver tisers. A. B. O. circulation Is paid up circulation, 'nils newspaper la A. B. C. Twenty-eighth Year MEDFOUD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, .1933 No. IS. NOT GUILTY PLEA Parted Again New Plane Here Thursday The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight d Thurs day; frost tonight; warmer Thure day. Highest yesterday ...... Bt Lowest this morning 35 MM .TO mil E IF WEME i I : ; : nniinnnim .,..-. Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JF.NK1SS PERHAPS you noticed In the papers this headline: "European Debtors to Beg for Delay." What it means la thla: War debt payment amounting to t44,179.a74. are due to thla country from Euro pean debtors on June 15 41.162. 840 on principal and $103,026,834 In Interest. These debtors, It appear, will al lege on June 15 that they are unable to pay. and will ask for . MORE TIME. M THESE debts, you aee, were con tracted when times were easy and money cheap. They are falling due when tlmea are hard and money DEAR. Bo the natlone that made the debta are unable to pay them when1 they fall due and so are com pelled to ask for more time. The point that Interests common. - ordinary people, like you and me, who do not profess to be statesmen, Is that nations, as well as Individuals, suffer severely when they borrow cheap money In good times and have to pay It back with dear money in bad times. IN ORDER to understand Just what has happened, let us get back to the Illustration that has been made ao often In thla column of the wheat farmer who borrowed 1.000 five or six yeara ago and has to pay It back now. When he borrowed the money, wheat was selling on the farm at around 1 a bushel. During the past winter, wheat has been quoted at Interior points at around 15 cents on the farm. ThBt is to aay, when this farmer made his losn ha , borrowed the equivalent of 1,000 bushels of wheat. When he has to pBy It NOW, he must pay the equivalent of 7,000 bushels of wheat. LET us take an actual Instance which Is known to this wrltert An Iowa farmer la facing foreclos ure of a mortgage thst was made back In the days when corn was selling at around 60 cents on the farm. The best offer he has been able to get for corn on the farm during the past winter has been ten eents. So. you see, for every bushel of corn he borrowed he has to pay back SIX bushels. That cornea hard. THEORETICALLY, we should bor row in bad times and pay back In good tlmea. If we did that, every thing would be lovely. But, as everyone knows. It doesn't work that way. We borrow in good times, to expand our business, or to buy things we want and think we ' can afford, or for various other reasons. Whatever the reasons, ex perience extending over hundreds of yeara prove that the bulk of the bor rowing Is done in good times and the bulk of the paying In bad tlmea. When we borrow in good times we borrow cheap dollars, and when we pay In bad times we must pay with dear dollare. No one ha to be told that thla Involves a lot of suf fering for the borrower. It Is one of the principal reasons why hard times hit us so hard. THERE are smart brains In Vieae modern daya. These smart bralna have given us the radio, by whose aid the Presi dent of the United States can today soeak aa readily to 75 millions of people, scattered from the Atlantic to the Pacific, as Washington could have spoken to an audience of a few hundreds. If you heard Presi dent Roosevelt's speech on the bank- ing crisis, delivered the day after his Inauguration you know how Im portant an instrument the radio can be. I it too much to hope that in time the same smart brains thai gave us the radio can give us a dol lar that will have approximately the same value In bad times a In good? SMART brains, It ought to be sdded here, are working now on this identical problem. Professor Irving Fisher is proposing what he calla a "commodity dollar" that Is, a dol- lar whose value Is based upon com modities so that It will raise and fall along with commodities nils theory, as yet, has not been widely accepted. Most p-oplr, as a (Continued oa Fag Si) Ex-Editor And Wife Murmur Denial Of Murdering Prescott Attorney Says Move Not For Delay. In scarcely audible voices. L. A. Banks, former editor and orchardlst, and his wife. Edith R. Banks, this morning entered plea of not guilty, to the Indictment charging first de gree murder for the slaying of Con stable George J. Prescott at the Banks home on the morning of March 16, while the officer was en deavoring to serve a warrant for Banks' arreBt on a ballot inert charge. The defense. In a surprise move. served notice of Its Intention to file a motion for a chango of venue, thru Attorney W. E. Phlpps. Attorney T. J. EnrlRht Informed the court that the motion would be filed by tomor row morning, and tho court set that time for hearing of arguments. Deny Delay Object The two defendants entered their not guilty plea before Circuit Judge George F. Sklpworth of Lane county, assigned by the state supreme court to hear the case. The upstate Jurist will hear the case in Its entirety, It Is expected. The defense has anotker day In which to file an affidavit of prejudice, but this move Is not an ticipated. Attorney Phlppa In aervlng notice (Continued on Page Five) IS PORTLAND. Ore, April 12. (AP) A squabble over -radio broadcasting rlghta at tho weokly boxing matches here, appeared to have been Ironed out today after having involved the Portland boxing commission, Joe Waterman, prominent promoter, and two radio stations in a wordy tangle. Waterman's resignation, submitted after the commission granted KEX equal rights with KOIN, was refused by the commission. Waterman had declared he had an exclusive con tract with KOIN and that broadcast ing of the fights should be left en tirely in the hands of the promoter J "who carries the freight." ENVOY TO DENMARK WASHINGTON, April 13. (AP) The senate today confirmed the nomination of Ruth Bryan Owen of Florida as minister to Denmark with out the formnllty of pending it to committee. Boop-a-Doop Girl To Return $40,000 NEW YORK. April 12 AP Helen Kane, boop-a-doop singer, was ordered by a federal Judge today to return to the Irving Trust company as trustee 40,000 paid to her three years ao by the Bond Drew com pany shortly before it went Into bankruptcy. She was also ordered to pay the trustee $6,400 interest. 4 OLYMPIA, Wash., April 13. ( AP) Governor Martin today announced the appointment of B. Pat Kelly, 40. Seattle attorney and world war veter an as director of labor and Industries effective Aprtl 24. succeeding Claire Bowman of Tacoma. Conservation Head Robert Fechnerof Massachusetts It director of emergency conserva tion work and in charge of recruit ing 250,000 unemployed for jobs In the national foreiU. (Associated Pr$ Photol ilk - m . AMI i For the second time the romance of Rudy Vallee and his brunette wife has come to an end. They aay it's "final" thla time. Mra. Vallee will return to her native California and Rudy will continue In the crooning bu8iness in New York (Associated Press Photo) I PLANNED APR. 23 BY Roy Shreve, general chairman of the cha'mbcrof commerce committee which will sponsor the caravan to Crater Lake on Sunday, April 23rd, announced this morning that plana for the event were proceeding nicely. "We want this caravan to be the largest which was ever formed in southern Oregon and we believe it will afford an opportunity for Rogue River valley people to see their own Crater Lake at its best. It will also provide us with plenty of publicity material so that we can tell the world Crater Lake is open and that Medford Is the gateway," stated Mr. Shreve. The publicity de tails are being worked out by Mr. Shreve In conjunction with the Gil more Oil company and it Is also hoped that some of the news reel (Continued on Page Six) HELD TOP-HEAVY WASHINGTON, April 12. (AP Major General Johnson Hagood told the house military committee today the war department was so "top heavy the shock of war would destroy it" and then submitted a reorgani zation plan he said was designed to save (50.000.000 annually. "The war department has always collapsed at the outbreak of every war and the present organization will collapse at the outbreak of the next war because It Is too top heavy, con tains too many conflicting agencies, has too much divided 'responsibility" Hagood said. FOREST JOB SEEKER FINDS LABOR LOST PORTLAND, Ore., April 12. (AP) What he considered the height of Irony was related by Major John D Outhrie. assistant regional forester here. A "man named Mullens" from New York hitch-hiked all the way 10 i-omana oecause ne naa reaa t about the proposal to put men to ! work in the forest and decided to "come west to where the forests are located." The first group to be taken was from hla "home town" In the east. 4 . UNEMPLOYED MEETING SCHEDULED THURSDAY The regular meeting of the Med ford Association of the Unemployed will be held Thursday evening at the court hotwe auditorium, beginning at 7:30 o'clock. A large attendance is urged as Important business will be considered. . . 4 TILLAMOOK, Ore.. April 12. (AP) Funeral services were held here to day for Peter Schrantz, 77, who died I at his home at Rockaway yeater- cay. He came to rinamooa county in -1911 ftr having been engaged i in bridge building operations in Portland. SLAT EDTU ES DAY Chamber Of Commerce And Womens Greater Oregon Association Join In Sixth Renewal Of Medford Fete. The flt h an nual Oregon Prod ucts banquet sponsored by the Medford Chamber of Commerce and the Wo men's Greater Oregon association has been definitely set for Tuesday, April 18th. at 6:30 p. m. In the Knights of Pythias hall, according to A. P. Johnsen, chamber of commerce forum chairman. The meeting promises to be one of the most Important held in Medford for many years and pres ent Indications are that a record at tendance will be on hand not only from Medford and Jackson county but from Josephine county and Klam ath as well. "The main speaker of the evening will be T. A. Stevenson, manager of the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce, and In view of the fact that he Is one of America's most outstanding cham ber of commerce secretaries, I believe we are very fortunate to obtain his services." stated Mr. Johnsen. Has Wide Experience Mr. Stevenson ha been secretary of the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce for seven years and his wide experi ence in chamber arfalra and his broad knowledge of the Pacific coast has been the means of making the cham ber of commerce In the Washington olty one of the leaders in the west. Secretary Stevenson is not an op portunist but possesses a keen anall tloal mind and his thorough ac quaintance with matters pertaining to industrial development was to a great extent responsible for the fact that during his first year of adminis tration, Tacoma secured over' forty new Industries with an investment of over five million dollars. t He was also mainly responsible for manv pulp and paper plants being lo cated in the. Pacific northwest par ticularly in Tacoma. In 1030 Mr. Stev enson was awarded first prize by the National Association of Secretaries for having performed the most out standing service to the community by any secretary in the United States. Won Ship Line The reason for his getting this high honor was because he organi7,cd a groun of Tacoma capitalists and suc cessfully bid for a number of United State? shipping board boats against many prominent shipping men. in cluding Pobert Dollar, with the re sult that the Tacoma Oriental Steam ship company was Inaugurated and with Tacoma as Its home port It has Increased trade between the Washing- (Continued on Page Six) EARLY FRUIT HIT BY RECENT COLD Apricots, earliest maturing of the major fruits of the Rogue River val ley. have been damRged by the un seasonable cold weather, according to Lyle P. Wilcox, county horticul tural agent. Some early .peaches have been damaged by the cold weather, but not sufficient damage to reduce the normal crop In event the cold weath er soon clears, according to Mr. Wil cox. There has been no commercial damage to cherries, apples or pears. Mr. Wilcox declares, the fruit not being sufficiently developed On pears, the more advanced buds may have been Injured, which will mean thst If fruit develops from them, fruit will be seedless, which causes misshapen, roughened speci mens. But as far as damage to the commercial crop la concerned, "we consider that It la nil" Mr. Wllcov declared. 4 Thanks For Phoehii WASHINGTON. April 12. (AP President Roosevelt ent a letter to day to Captain Carl Dalldorf of the German ship. Phoebus, tendering "this natlon'a gratiuide" fy the serv ices of the crew in rescuing three of the members of the Akron. THREE CULTISTS GUILTY OF SACRIFICING WOMAN INEZ, Ky.. April 12 (AP John H. Mills, Ballard Mills, and Blaine McOlnnls were convicted In the Milts "human sacrifice" case by a Jury here today, and Mrs. Mollle McOlnnls and Mrs. Ora Moore were acquitted. The punishment of John H. Mills was fixed at life Imprisonment, and sen tences of 21 years each were Imposed on Bsllard Mills and Blaine McOln nls. They ere- chamd with the laying of Mrs. Lucinda Mills. 67. In a mountain cabin two months ago. FAILS TO PROVE Confusion Resulted From Seizure Reports And Amount On Hand Is View Made Political Thunder Dest ruct ion of all confiscated liquor, held by the sheriff was under way this afternoon. It was dumped into the sewer, with Sheriff Olm ncheid in charge, assisted by Deputy Sheriff Leach, state police, and court house Janitors. Rev. Alex . Bennett of the First Methodist church was among the spectators. Commissioner R. E. Ncalon and Deputy District At torney Nellson were also present. An inventory taken yesterday of confiscated liquor held in the sher iff's vault at the courthouse, reveals no shortage, aa Indicated In the re port of the grand Jury of which Wil liam T. Grieve was foreman; but in stead that the two check-ups are vtr- utlally the same, in essential figures. The grand Jury report was based upon the liquor records of seizure and orders of liquor destruction, and a check of liquor actually on hand. They did not conform, and resulted la false assumptions by both the public and the grand Jury, of "liquor shortages." It la now evident there was nothing of the kind, and that the grand Jury report, wittingly or unwittingly, was used as fuel for political fires, by agitation racketeers. The inventory taken yesterday was by suspended-Sheriff Gordon L. Schermerhorn, his attorney, Frank J. Newman, Sheriff Walter Olmscheld, Chief Deputy Sheriff Edward Leach, and Assistant District Attorney Geo. W. Nellson. A court order signed to day authorized the destruction of the liquor, so that Sheriff Olmscheld will have a clean liquor vault. The ' supposedly vanished liquor-r and much of the political turmoil in thla county has centered around it was used as a talking point , by "congross" orators, to aliblfor the theft of the ballots. Henrietta B. Martin, Its president, in her last ap pearance on the courthoiise steps, on the day that L. A. Banks "proclaimed a revolution" charged that the bal lots were stolen to distract public attention from the missing booze, and intimated lta disappearance was the greater crime. .It was- also wide ly charged that former Sheriff Jen nings and two sons, as deputies, had taken the liquor. When the brazen and bungled balloL theft waareveolcd and arrests made, the first claim was that "the aame people got both." The grand Jury in its report, stated a "careful check" showed 30 gallons alcohol, 158 bottles gin, 20 gallons of water, and 168 bottles of gin; and no wine on hand. No shortage of beer, whlHcry, and moonshine was report ed. Six five-gallon cans of grain alco hol, four five-gal Ion cans containing water, 167 half bottles of jjln, one quart of Mumms champagne, 108 bottlea of beer, 20 empty milk cans. 20 empty pint bottles, a carton of pint bottles, and moonshine and whiskey of many grades and many type containers. The grand Jury found a half bottle more of gin, and did not discover the champagne. The Inventory yesterday In full is as follows: (Continued on Page Five) YREKA KILLER TO 1 YREKA. Calif., April 12. (AP) Convicted of first degree murder for the slaying of Steve Kent. California state highway patrolman, and Lester Qulgley, Yreka automobile salesman, George Hall, alias Manning, raced the death penalty here today. 1 The Jury verdict returned yesterday after a half hour's deliberation made no recommendations for a lesser pen alty, superior Judge C. J. Luttrell fet April 13 as date for passing sen tence. ' Hall ahot Kent and Qulgley, mem bers of a sheriff's posse, as they at tempted to arrest him on a Eureka street for the alleged kidnaping of F. L. Balllnger. Bclllngham, Wash., customs agent. The Jury was locked up after de liberating a half-hour last night. Commonwealth's Attorney J. B. Clark termed the slaying' "cold-blooded murder" In his flnsl argument, but did not ask that the death penalty be imposed. Harry F. Ramey, of de fense counsel, said John H. Mills, the slain woman's son. was "stark mad" and that, the other defendants were unOr a "fcypnotic spell" at the time of the kjlimz. Medford citizens will have their first opportunity to re the new high npeed, all-nietul Hoeing transport, n a fleet of which soon are to go Into the service of Lnltcd Air Lines on the Purl fir Coast route, when It ar rives In this city at l'!:IO'p. in. or earlier, Thumlny. The big silver-grey air liner, bound I :tt: from Seattle to Oakland, will be at the Medford airport for 20 minutes. Those visiting the field will be able to see ail the various exterior fea tures which rate the plane aa the last word in commercial aircraft design and construction. Sixty of the Boeing monoplanes are under construction at Seattle for the various routes of United Air Lines, with these being placed In service aa rapidly as they cen be turned out. The production schedule of the Boe ing Airplane company calls for deliv ery of 18 of the mlaner by May 1. Having a top speed of 182 miles an hour and cruising speed of 165 miles an hour, carrying a full load of ten passengers, two pilots, a stewardess and cargo, the transport Is rated as the fastest of Its class In the world. Also embodied In it are the maxi mum factors of strength, comfort and opemting economy. Streamlined throughout, the plane has speed spelled into Its every line. It is tnutppcd with two HBO -horse pow er Wasp motors and has retractable landing gear. PORTLAND. April 12. (AP) Hun dreds of unemployed men stood in line at the city-county employment office here today to register for Jobs on public projects to be undertaken In the scrip program of unemploy ment relief. Some of the men had been In line since midnight. By mid-morning It was estimated about 2.000 were In the crowd. Available Jobs will be given on the rotation plan, and registration was by drafts. - Four county projects,, to cost about (43.000 have been approved for completion on the scrip plan. Although Portland banks say they will be unable to handle the scrip. and several organizations of busi ness men oppose the plan In its present form, the city-county scrip committee has determined to give the proposal a trial. Scrip certifi cates In the amount of 1100.000. and 104.000 worth of redemption stamps will be available by tbe time the first men employed are' to be paid. All labor and materials and over head costs are to be paid for in scrip. LSI PROFESSOR- PASSES CORVALL1S, Ore.. April 12. ( AP) Word of the sudden death In Salt Lake City early today of Professor A. Grace Johnson, head of the house hold administration department in the school of home economics at Oregon State college, was received here today.' Miss Johnson, one of the most widely known and best liked mem bers of the staff, was on sabbattlcal leave this year and had recently re turned from southern California and was on her way to Ames, Iowa, to take advanced work. i ANmoTfiflG MEETS OPPOSITION PORTLAND. April IJ fl') Oppo sition to a proposal to decl.r. an open itriuon on antelope in Ortgon haa been expreaawl by Stanley O. Jewett. chief of the United States biological survey In thla atate, al though the atate game commlaalon haa such a plan under conalderatlon. The commission agreed at It Mon day meeting to atudy the matter af ter it ' drclired the antelope have Increased so rapidly they constitute a menace to farm lands. BASEBALL National CINCINNATI. April 12. ( AP) Hitting SI Johnson hard early, Pitts burgh defeated Cincinnati 4 to 1 in the season's opening game today. Suhr contributed two doubles. A crowd of 26,305 saw the game. R. H. E. Pittsburgh M 4 S 2 Cincinnati 143 Swift and Grace; Johnson, Benton and I-ombardl. - St. Louis 0 4. 1 Chicago 3 II 2 Dean, Carleton and J. Wilson: War- neke and and Hartnett. Brooklyn at Philadelphia; Now York at Boston, postponed, rain. Aincrlrun WASHINOTON, April 13. (API Washington opened the American league baseball season today with a to il triumph over Philadelphia beforo 20.000 porsons Including 'Pres ident Itooacvolt and Vlce-Prosldcnt Qarncr, ...... R. H. S. Philadelphia l 9 l Washington 4 o .. 1 Preltaa, Claset and Cochrane: Crowder, A. Thoinaa and Sewell. (in Innings). Cloveland 4 7 0 Detroit 17 4 Brown and Spencer; Bridges' and Hayworth. , Boston at New York postponed. ruin. Double header April 10. iiiira "MR DAY SAY POLICE The fishing outlook for the open ing day this season, April IS, Is fair, according to report released today by the nmc division of the state po lice. The road Is open to Squaw lake, whero fishing "should be good." -Upper Big Applegate Is clear, also Car berry creek, a trlbutsry of the Ap plegate. The road Is open to South Pork of Rogue river via Prospect. The water la clear and In good fish ing condition. Evans creek, above Wl mer. is expected to provide good fish ing the opening day and Little Butte creek, and Elk creek are clear but a little high for good fishing. Good catches of almon are being made at Savage Raplda dam and be low OranU Pass. Salmon have not reached Gold Ray dam In quantities. The back waters however, afford good catfish fuming. The road to Hlatt prairie and Pish lake and Lake O' the Woods will not be open for some time. BY MASONIC POST . PORTLAND. Ore., April 12. ( AP) John B. Easter of Portland was cho sen grand master of the grand coun cil of Royal and Select Mastera of Oregon at the 4Bth annual assembly held In the Masonic temple here Tiiea-1 y. Several changes to the code wera recommended. In keeping with other work rite bodlea the assembly chang ed the meeting data next year from April to May. Other officers are E. R. Rands, Oregon City, deputy grand master; George T Cochran, La Grande, grand principal conductor of work: Lloyd T. Scott, Portland, grand treasurer; J. H. Richmond, Portland, grand record er; Stowell E. Dawson, Albany, grand chaplain: D. Bruce Stuart, Corvallls, grand captain of guard; R. E. Sween ey, Medford. grand marshal; H. V. Herberger, Canyon City, grand stew ard, and H. O. Richardson, Portlaud, grand sentinel. FOR SLICE OF PIE Roosevelt Sparing In Dole To Office Seekers Sev - eral Holdover Republicans Slated To Walk Plank. Copjrlfhtrd h.r Mrrlure Newspaper fjiiillcate Bv P.UI, .M.I.I.ON WASHINOTON. April 1J Some- ' congressman Is going to throw a roc through the White House window If Mr. Rosevelt doesn't loosen up on postmaster appointments. The President has been feeding til. wild men on Capitol Hill only enough patronage to keep them from riot ing. He has made no effort to 'cure an underlying dissatisfaction which Is growing from bad to worse. That reeling was behind the demonstra tion staged In the house on the Bus by speech a few days back. Its Im portance did not get out to the coun try but It reached the White House. Waves of applause greeted Congress man Busby's assertion that these holdover Republicans on the federal reserve and In the treasury were drag ging down Mr. Roosevelt's prestige. It showed clearly the Democrats are tired of waiting for new appointments and will not control themselves muoh longer. The congressmen are gunning for the Jobs of Eugene Meyer, Paul Bes tor, Arthur Ballantlne, P. o. .Await, et al. They mentioned no names but' thoie are the boys who are on the spot. Demotion of Mever frnm ihnlrm.n- ship to mere membershln nn th. ri. mi, reserve ooara nas neen scheduled ifr weeks. The other boys are being blamed for complaints now flooding the treasury on. the new banking re- strlctloni. They also are on their way OUt. .. :Yr ' . -;v, Thty must be kept long enough for Incoming Democratio officials . to learn the highly teohnlcal treasury routine. That should not be yery long now. .The congressmen even grumbled be cause Asst. Postmaster General O'- MallOneV BOt rh!1ri.n hnn. in hi. throat. They suspected a plot because he laid off and delayed their post maatershlpa. (Continued on Page Pour) L ORANT6 PASS. April la. P) Tes timony of atate police, coroner, sher iff and deputy, and the partner and one son of Otto Muetzel. accused of the first-degree murder of the aged Sol Stone near here on Pebruary 4 had been heard at noon Wednesday in tne Josephine county circuit court and the procession of state witnesses was still continuing during the af ternoon. ' . ... Many photographs of the body of the man the defense said succumbed In the course of Muetzel's drunken dream of a tussle with a burglar were offered for Identification by the state over objections, but were not Intro duced In evidence pending argu ment planned later In the absence of the Jury. WILL BOGERS PatnWC r$ays: BKVKRIjY HILLS, Cal.. Apr. 11. Hoor hi'oueht on one of the most iiirt wrek-ends we ever had, less nccidpnts rind everything. I'eoplfi just got full of beer and laved down and took a nap. I was playing polo, went to sleep, woke up and t found I had been beaten, hut it was all right, I did it for Iiooscvelt. There ain't nothing? we can do too much for Roose velt nowadays. '- I tell you wo never was living in a better time. We got a smart man doing our think ing for us. You sec what put this country on the bum was dumb people thinking for themselves. Yours, . P llll MiNauiM trafluu. In.
