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edfokd Mail Tribune The Weather Forecast: Cloudy tonight and Wed nesday. Not much chance In tem perature. Highest yesterday . 44 Lowest this morn In if S6 Paid-Up Circulation People who paj for then new.papera ara the best prospects tor th, adver tisers. A. B. C circulation la paid up circulation. This newspaper Is A. B c. v.. Twenty-eighth Year MEDFOKU, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL IS, 1933. No. 23. Hi. A. M New Chicago Mayor Bike Costume May Get Ottawa Post TRY BANKS FIRST mru vnmrnn nrr & '--I I VII! 11..I1U UL.I W M B BE BESS TE1 fJEWBEBE F7 V'l Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS AN a . tO r la tVi 1 N axmy of 250,000 young men is be recruited and put to work In the forests. , These young men will be selected according to aeml-mill-tary standards, they will work under Mint-military discipline and will re ceive 30 per month and subsistence, which is military pay. The primary purpose is unemploy ment relief, NOT improvement of the forest, which Is merely a secondary consideration. f CONSIDERING all the conditions that are involved, it la. a fine and commendable project. These young men will NOT be receiving a dole. They will be earning what they get, thus retaining their own elf-respect which is going to mean a lot to them and to the country AFTER the depression la over. And some incidental benefit will follow the work they are doing especially in Oregon, where a lot of the work Is to be dqne. STILL. this thought persist in the mind of this writer, at least, whether It occurs to anyone else or not: If some way could be found to enable private Industry to finance Itself, the great lumber Industry of Oregon could provide employment for these same men, under normal work ing conditions and at wages that are at least normal for these times. The BIO need, if we are to restore employment, la to enable private in dustry to function again. A FORMER resident of long Beach, interviewed the other day by an Oregon reporter, made this state ment; "Of all the dreadful fcara that can be Inspired by the Imminence of death, there la nothlrur compar able to the awful and mysterious menace of an earthquake . . ." Be added: "Shipwreck and fire can be understood, but an earthquake U an unfathomable terror. It Instills one with a dread that paralyzes the mind." IP YOU happened to be much on the roads Immediately following the recent Southern California quake, you will know that many ahared this man's views. The high ways were full of cars with Cali fornia licenses, heavily loaded with baggage and speeding AWAY from California. lIIIiL Southern California suffer ff irretrievably as a result of this terror of earthquakes? Probably not For thousands of years, some of the earth's most pleasant regions have IrcTH CHUBilgciru U cni i iivf Kin rvtci. with' reasonably frequent catastro y pbes. and the fear inspired by them has NOT prevented people from go ing on living In these places. It will not prevent people from going on living In Southern Califor nia.' TKrs writer has heard this A thoughtless statement expressed many times: "Oregon is bound to benefit from this earthquake In Southern Cali fornia, which will frighten people away from there and UP HERE, where we don't have such catastro phes." That Isn't straight thinking. Ore gon CANT benefit permanently from ANYTHING that Injures so good a customer as Southern California, which provides he best market we hare for our surplua products. 1F YOU are a business man. can you 1 hope to benefit from anything that ruins your best customers. Of course you can't. OP ALL the silly ideas that ever existed, the silliest Is that Cal ifornia la a COMPETITOR of Ore gon. Customers aren't competitors, and California Is the best customer Oregon has. BY OV LAKE VIEW. April 18. (Spll Mrs. F. Zim Baldwin died here last night from a bullet wound, believed to have been self Inflicted. Nobody was In the house at the time of the shooting, although her husband and friend were in the vicinity Mrs. Baldwin was widely known, as U her husband. OF RUTH JUDD TO Doctor Declares Accused Woman Not Shamming Insanity In Court Out burstsNew Date Apr. 28 PHOENIX, Aril., April 18. (AP) Governor Moeur late to day signed the proclamation or the state pardon board granting Winnie Ruth Judd a reprieve from hanging until nevt Friday. April 38. FLORENCE, Ariz., April 18. (AP) An "Insanity taint" revealed by her aged mother, went Into the record of Winnie Ruth Judd's sanity hearing today aa a basis for expert testimony that the young confessed slayer of two women la deranged mentally. Dr. Harry E. Plnkert of Coolldge, Ariz., alienist for Mrs. Judd. declared from the witness stand the testimony and behavior of Mrs. K. J. McKlnnell aided' la convincing him of the con demned woman's Insanity. The moth er told the Jury she believed a strain of Insanity In her family "fell some what on me and even more on Ruth." New Date April 28 During this testimony, word came from Phoenix that the atate pardon board had granted Mrs. Judd a re prieve until April 28 from April 21. when she was to have been hanged. Her counsel sought a reprieve to as sure completion of the sanity hearing Bnd possibly appeal to the ' United States supreme court. "Does testimony and behavior of the mother mean anything to you In connection with the daughter?" asked O. V. Wilson of Mrs. Judd'a counsel. "Yes." anawered the psychiatrist; "It means something to me in two ways. "First, it convinces me of the her ldltary taint. "Second, It means something to me In view of the fact that she herself la not normal mentally." "Tell us something about how you can catch feigning or shamming In sanity." "When a person attempts to feign Insanity, he must feign something he knows about," Dr. Plnkert said. "Was Ruth Judd shamming?" asked Wlllson. "No, she was not." "She would freeze up," he declared "A person in that state will not co-opertae they want to fight " Mrs. Judd In Outburst "Fight!" Mrs. Judd spoke up sud denly, from her chair where she faced the alienist from across Vie court room. "Flghtl They stole 15 out of my drawer I" She wept a moment, and then be came quiet again. "If she had the acting ability of Sarah Bernhardt, Ruth Judd could not produce the perfect picture of Insanity she presents.' Dr. Plnkert asserted. Regarding Mrs. Judd's outbreak ot yesterday, the witness declared It was due "to the same emotional pressure that prevents her telling a connected story that pressure plies up until the emotion breaka under the stress, aa you saw yesterday." LOUDERBACK ENTERS COMPLETE DENIAL WASHINGTON, April 18. (AP) Specific and general denial of all charges outlined in an amended art icle of impeachment against Federal Judge Harold Louderback of San Francisco wss entered before the senate today by counsel for the Jur ist. New Zealand Deports Gypsies AUCKLAND. N. Z. (AP) All gyp ales have been banished from New Zealand because of conviction of several of these Romany wanderers on charges of mesmerizing and rob' btng bank tellers. WALKER WEDS ACTRESS WILL REMAIN IN FRANCE CANNES, France, April 18. (AP) Former Mayor James J. Walker and Betty Compton, American actress, were married today. The couple entered the city' hall here by the back door to avoid the i curious persons. They were married by Mayor Ga ragnatre of Cannes. Witnesses for Wslker were his lawyer, Alfred Sharon, and his hotel proprietor, M. Martinez. Dr. Joseph Fisher, Walk er's physician, was wltnew for Miss Compton. The bride's mother, an Associated Press correspondent, and one other person were the only additional spec-, tators at the ceremony. Friends expect the couple to live st the bride villa. Beau Qesie. perched on a hill near Cannes, among flowers and mimotta trees, overlooking one of the most beautiful jpots on the Rivirra. The bride recently expressed a hope that Walker would buy a home here i3 H Edward J. Kelly, president of the Chicago south park board, was elected by the city council aa Chi ago's mayor to fill out the term of the late Anton J. Cermak. (Aaso. ciated Press Photo E MOSCOW, April J8. (AP) Two of the British electrical engineers were Riven two and three year sen tences today on conviction of charges of sabotage and espionage, while one, A. W. Gregory, was acquitted, ana three were ordered expelled. h. C. Thornton, chief erecting en glneer. for the . Metropolitan-Vlrkers company received a sentence of three years Imprisonment, W. H. MacDonald, an engineer, was sentenced to two years. - Charles Nordwall, .lolin Cushny and Allan Monkhouse, the director tor the firm In Moscow, were ordered expelled. Ten of the Russian defendants were convicted and the eleventh wa acquitted. MOSCOW, April 1 8. (AP) The British engineers whose trial on espionage and sabotage charges was concluded today were ordered to re port In court at 11:30 p. m., (3:30 p. .m., Eastern standard time), indi cating a verdict would.be returned shortly thereafter. This order was given to the five Britons who have been allowed free dom on ball between sessions of the trial. Presiding Judge Vassllt Ulrich must, under soviet procedure, read an extensive review and analysis of the charges, at the end of which it Is customary to append the verdict. No trace h been found this aft ernoon of the salesman, described as an Italian, who yesterday contacted a number of merchants here, and sold them matches and lipsticks, the cases of which were to carry the store's advertisement. He also told the merchanta he was a representa tive of the Annhauser-Busch brew ery. One merchant, who reported to the police, said the man accepted a check of 96. SO on a 920 dollar order, giving him a year In which to pay the balance. The salesman also In vited his "customers" to a local hotel "after work" to have some beer. The man never registered at the hotel, it was disclosed. Num erous calls were received by the hotel for the man. however. When cash ing the 90.50 check, the salesman In vited the bank clerka to his room for a drink. since the villa does not belong to her. She said she hoped, too, that they would have children. The marriage of Miss Compton, one-time Broadway star, and the for mer mayor of New York. Is her third venture into matrimony and his sec ond. They had been friends for five years. As early as 1028 they were seen together at night clubs, but re ports linking their name did not become a matter of public record until Samuel Seabury a investigation, which culminated in Walker's resig nation as mayor. Recently Walker was divorced by Mrs. Jsnet Allen Wslker. Who had been married for years to the man who once wrote the song bit "Will You Love Me In December as You Do in May?" She filed suit at Miami. March 0, alleging desertion, and trie final dcre was handed down on M?rrh 27. Wslker is 51 years old. Miss Comp ton la in her twenties. TRIALSBE ASKEO Decision Reached At Prose cutors Conference No Further Delay Will Be Sought Says Enright. In the event separate trials are demanded when their case is called at Eugene. Monday, May 1, to ans wer to a first degree murder charge, L. A. Banks will be tried first, and his wife. Edith Robertlne Banks, will face a Jury as soon thereafter as pos sible. This decision was reached yester day at a conference at Eugene, be tween Lane county officials. Assist ant Attorney .General William 8. Levens. and District Attorney George A. Codding. The former editor and orcharuisi and his mate, held In the county Jail, are charged by Indictment with the slaying of Constable George J. Prescott, on the morning of March IB. while Banka was resisting tne service of a warrant on an indict ment charging ballot theft. O'Brien Main Witness State officials have announced that they will call IS witnesses, and that Sergeant James O'Brien, who accompanied Constable Prescott, will be one of the ohtef witnesses.. The letter that Banka dictated to the chief of police and atate police, an nouncing "bloodshed" If a warrant was served, and his published threats, will also be presented against Banks along with statements made follow ing his arrest. Attorney T. J. Enright of the de fense counsel has announced that no further continuance of the case will be sought. The defense plans have not been announced, but It Is ex pected that self-defense will be ad vanced. . ' The Lane county court house has a capacity of 224 people, and , the attendance will be limited to the seating space. Banks In Women's Ward Banka and his wife, according to present plans, will be taken to Lane county Saturday. April 80. under heavy state police guard. He will be held in 'the woman's ward, under guard, and Mrs. Banka will be held In the women's ward or tne Eugene city Jail. The Lane county Jail Is an old structure, with limited ac commodations, and has been the scene ot several Jallbreaks In the last few years. . The trial Is expected to last a week and has created wide Interest in Lane county. Classes of the Eu- , gene nign acnoois ana mc umto slty of Oregon have asked permis sion to attend as part of tneir worn In civics. Banka and his wife continue to accept county Jail life phllosophl- (Continued on Page Five) ASHLAND YOUTH HELD BY POLICE Alva Edison (Sonny) Mansfield. 1. of Ashland la being held In the county Jail, following his arrest In Ashland late yesterday afternoon on a warrant charging him with con tributing to tfie delinquency of a minor. Th IS-year-old Medford girl who was with him at the time of his arrest waa held by officers until her father arrived. Mansfield, who has been a constant bother to police both in Medford and Ashland for the past four or five years on various charges, wss arrested on a warrant sworn out by the girl's father. Several times Mansfield has been picked up by police on a similar charge, at the request of the father, and today the father was seeking the release of the young man. . TOO MANY SOCKS Salvador Peres. 34. who had seven ; pair of mens socks In his possession, i was arrested this afternoon by city police, after he was reported to have I taken the merchandise from the i Hutchlson-Lumsden store. Peres aald "I don't know." when queried about 'his activities and refused to make any statements to officers. According to Mis' Edna Klfert. who waa alone In the atore at the time. Peres and his partner purchas ed some artlclea there, and when i they left, the aorks were gone. Pol I Ice had not located Perea' friend. I Later in the afternoon the atore reporwd to police that a box of wo ! men's hose waa also missing. City police also have In Jail Itlch iard Tlllcy, 20, and Joe Dallalre, IB. Ion charges of petty larceny. This whits bicycle ensemble worn by Florence Lee was declared "perfect" by stylists at a meeting in Pasadena, Cal. (Associated Press Photo) TAKEN BY POLICE William A. Hahn of 337 North Central avenue Is held In the county Jail for city police, following .hla ar rest Monday for investigation. Today charges of obtaining money under false pretenses will be filed against him by Chief of Polios Clatoua Mc Credte, because of worthless checks allegedly written by him. Hahn told officers that he had been sentenced to the state peniten tiary for a two-year term in 1937 for similar aotlvltleo. He served ten months. One of the worthless checks officers have la signed in Hahn's own name. Saturday afternoon Hahn passed a check at Sllnger's service station. The attendant knew that the man's name waa not "Victor Price," as the check wss signed, and he reported him to police. The check officers hold, which Is endorsed by "W. A. Hahn," Is signed by "Oeorge Heskett." It is dated De cember 30, 1932. Hahn told police he came to Medford a year ago last March. He has been selling vacuum cleaners In this city. Officers quoted Hahn as saying he had written numerous bogus cheeks, but that he was generally "able to get around and make them good." SPEAKERS HERE C,C. FEAST T. A. Stevenson and J. D. Mlkle, speakers for tonight's Chamber of Commerce banquet, arrived this morning and, with an assured ca pacity house, everything la In readi ness ror the banquo to start at 6:30, la the word from Chamber of Com merce headquarters this afternoon. Those without tickets are urged to get In touch with the Chamber of Commerce immediately so that res ervations may be made. This afternoon Mr. Stevenson spent time visiting with chsmber directors and others in order to fully quaint himself with the problems confront ing the local organisation. BASEBALL American Philadelphia 13 0 New York 2 3 1 Bernshaw and Mndjeskl; Gomez and Dickey. R. H. E. Cleveland ...... . - 0 8 3 St. Louis 1 6 I Harder and Spencer; Blaholder and R. rerrell. National St. XiOuls at Cincinnati, Brooklyn at Boston, postponed rain. R. H. E. New York S 0 Philadelphia 2 10 0 FltMtmmons, Luque, Hubbell and Mancuso: Rhem, LUka and V. Davis. ADD AMERICAN R. H. K. Chicago 12 18 0 Detroit 0 7 5 Jones and Orube; Bridges, Hog sett and Hsyworth. , R. H. B. Boston .-. 10 I Washington 1 Andrews. Kline snd Shea; White hill, A. Thomas and Sewell. R H. E. Pittsburgh 17 2 Chlcaao 8 7 0 ISwetonic and Grace, Warneckt and Haxtnett. 69 IN FORESTRY First Contingent Bachelors With Dependents Be tween 18-25 Years Old Committeemen To Meet. PORTLAND. Ore.. April 18. (AP) With allotmenta based on the popu lation of the several counties, Ore gon's first quota of 2000 men- to be enlisted In the conservation corps which will find employment in Ore gon's national forests, waa disturbed by the state relief committee which met here Monday. The allotmenta range from five men from Jefferson county to 708 from Multnomah. These 2000 men who will enlist voluntarily in the administration conservation program and will re ceive their "keep" and one dollar a day. will constitute the first contin gent In the corps of 250.000 which will be recruited nationally. Recruits In the first quota must be unmarried men with dependents, real den to of the community from which they enlist, and between 18 and 35 years old. The work of selecting these men will get uiyler way Immediately offi cials of the relief committee said, and a series of six meetings in various parts of the state will be held this week, attended by state and federal forestry officials, representatives of the state committee and of the coun ty relief committees. Southern Oregon committeemen will meet at Grants Pass Friday. The quota by counties includes : Jackson 69. BOY FLEES WHEN LI City police were today searching for Newell Mclntlre,' 12-year-old youth residing on Route 3, who dis appeared from his home Sunday and has not been seen since. At the time of his disappearance he was wearing blue overalls and was hatless. His mother, Mrs. Jessie Mclntlre, who called at the city and state po lice stations this afternoon, said the boy was to get u spanking Sunday and that was probably the reason he had left. He was described aa about five feet one or two, weighing about 110 pounds. He has light hair and blue eyes, she said. Three other runaways who decided last night to go places were returned home from Central Point this morn ing by officers. PORTLAND, Ore., April 18. (AP) A gray, sullen morning holding & threat of rain confronted thousands of Portland baseball fans today aa the 1932 Coast champion Beavers re turned home to open the current sea son In the old Vaughn street ball park. Fully 10,000 persons were expected by the management to pass through the turnstiles for a glimpse at the 1933 edition of the Portland team, meeting the fighting Hollywood play ers In their Portland debut. At the ball park there waa to be the usual parade of the players and a double-play proposition by which the traditional "first ball" was to be hurled by the mayor and mayor-elect 4- NEW YORK, April 18. (AP) Naval headquarters here announced late today that naval vessels grap pling near the spot where the Akron plunged Into the ocean two weeks ago had located what appeared. to be the main wreckage of the dirigible. Among the pieces of wreckage brought to the surface was a section of the control car, said wireless mes sages intercepted by the New York naval communications office. FIVE CRUSHED TO DEATH IN AUTOMOBILE SMASHES (By the Associated Press) Automobile crashes took five lives In Oregon within the space of a few hours lat yesterday and today. At Junction City two women and a man were killed when their auto mobile wa struck by an Oregon electric train. The dead were Mrs. Iner. Flanntgan. Mrs. Ed Shields and Frank Llewellyn. Their light auto mobile was pushed ahead of the train for 80 yards. The car was demolished and the occupant fatally Injured. Mrs. rlsnnlgan hsd been picked up along the highway a few moment before. Mrs. Shields wm driving. i I jSl IIS MA i iv. , 3r Warren Delano Robbins, chief of the protocol division of the stats department, Is viewed aa the prob able minister to Canada. He is a cousin of the President. (Asaoclat. ed Press Photo) OET BE The circuit court Issued orders yesterday empowering the state bank department to sell "at market price" 32,000 bonds comprising the assets of the State Bank of Central Point and the Citizens Bank of Ashland. An order was also Issued for the sale of a roll-top desk belonging to the Central Point State bank to Walter Leverette of this city for 22 .no. . The bonds of the Stnto Bunk of Central Point included: - Three thousand Portland city wa ter bonds, to be sold to the tress urer of the atate of Oregon, to bear five per cent Interest, less one-hair point. Other-bonds were: Two thousand Nevada-California Electric company, now listed at $64.75, at market price. Two thousand Southern Counties Oas corporation of California, now l listed at 1581, at mnrket price. The bonds of the Citizens Bank ot Ashland, all listed "at market price" were 5000 Armour & company; 2000 Bryan-Jackson Conserving company; 1000 Zellerbach Paper company; 2000 Kendall company, debenture A: 1000 Shell-Union Oil company; 3000 Georgia Power company; 6000 Good year Tire; 2000 Pacific-Western Oil; 2000 Penn -Dixie Com out, and 2000 Richfield Oil. The orders to soil were Issued, for the purpose of liquidation. TALENT Mi VIOLENT Lester Hodgklns of the Talent district was taken to the state hos pital at Salem this morning by at tendant from tli at institution. Be fore being removed from tie county Jail the unfortunate man became ex tremely violent and resisted the of ficers strenuously and was quieted with difficulty. Hodgklns. a man of great strength, has been suffering from delxislons that he owned the property upon which he worked, end became furious when anyone disagreed with him. It is expected that a few months under expert care snd treatment will restore his mental condition. EX-JUSTICE OF PEACE GETS YEAR IN PRISON PBNDLETON. Ore., April 18. (AP J, S. West, former Justice of the peace at Hermlston waa sentenced todiy to one year 'n prison and was fine! 1200 for larceny of public funds. He wss convicted in circuit court here last week West wa accused of having divert ed about 81. 000 of public funds to his own use. Martin W. Kaufman, 53, of Scap poofte wa instantly killed In Portland early this morning when his automo bile crashed Into an oil truck. Three otfier In the car were .Injured. William W. Chessman, 76. father of Merle Chessman, editor of the Astor Astoria n-Bud get, died shortly after midnight from injuries' received Sun day night near Rainier when his au tomobile got out or control and crashed Into a culvert. He wa dis trict manager of the Oregonfan cir culation department. Mrs. Chessman Is expected to recover. E IS S0L0NSPL1T Survey Of Appointment List Shows Agitation Not War ranted MacDonald Hard To Pin Down To Facts. (Copyrighted by McClure Newspaper Syndicate) By iMni Ala I Inn WASHINGTON. April 18. Every day Mr. Roosevelt sends his appoint ment list to the senate the congress men hasten to scan it and whisper: "How many New Yorkers are on it today?" That Is their current pet peeve. Some Tcxnns have beeu fretting bicauso an assistant attorney general waa appointed as a Texan whereas he has lived in New York for years. It appears he was born In Texas. A general survey of the list of ap pointments Indicates the agitation among congressmen la not warranted. While a number of New Yorkers have been given odd Jobs, the west and south have substantial representation in the highest government posts. Mr. MacDonald has a very pleas-1 Ing personality but other statesmen who have dealt with blm say confi dentially It la very hard to get him down to facts. They say he la either purposely or unconsciously vague and that you never know whether he la agreeing with you or not. The experts believe hla meander Ings In European politics the past two years have done at least as much harm as good. Most foreign diplomats here are spreading the word around that there will be a general default of June IS war debt payment. There may be. No provisions for. payment have yet been made by any (Continued on Pag Four) PART IN BANQUET The Women's Greater Oregon as sociation wishes to announce that due to a change of plana on the part of the Chamber of Commerce, this organisation will have no part In the program of the Chamber of Commerce banquet being held to--night at the Medford hotel. We are making this explanation to answer the inquiries of our many friends. WOMEN'S OR EATER OREGON ASSOCIATION, By Mrs. Terrell I, Deck, president. 4 . Victorian Art Market Slumps LONDON (AP) Victorian art Isn't commanding the prices It once did. A painting by E. Burne-Jones sold 3ft years ago for 8,000 guineas, or 27.000. Recently In an auction here It brought less than 8700. WILL" ROGER? -stalWC r$gys: SANTA MONICA, Cal., Apr. 17. Since the whole country is nil agreed we are headed toward the feed trough, and since the mcmhci's of congress hnvc been bo fine and decent, and the senators have taken out U. S. citizenship pnpers, swore allegiance to our land, since the bankers have finally seen the error of their wbvs mid started banking instead of giimblin, there ain't much left a poor writer to pick on. ' Of course there is always Muey Long, the Japanese and the French, but tho French are . repenting, the Japanese have captured more than they can. hold, and the old "Kingfish" of the Louisiana cane brakes has not been convicted by a court of law." Von must always remember that in "that great fraternity,, the Mystic Knights of the l'oli-. ties," there is some crooked-' iicks going on on both sides. Tours, Cltll MtHtiuV trMMaw. la to
