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The Weather Forecast: Med ford fair tonight and Wednesday; frott tonight; ruing tem perature Wednesday. Highest yesterday M Lowest this morning . 86 Twenty-eighth Year UEWEHl rxn jvl Comment the on Day's News By FRANK JENKINS. TUB SENATE passes the farm re lief bill, which had already been passed In a slightly different form by the house. The two legislative bodlea will next get together and har BjonlM the differences. The bill will then go to the presi dent. Presumably, he will sign It. f TNDER the provisions of thla bill, U the president, If he chooses. cBn Issue six billion dollars of new cur rency. He can change the gold value ef the dollar. He can coin silver practically with out limit. THE secretary of agriculture can go to the fanner and order him to jeduc his production, say one-third. - He can then pay to the farmer higher prices for what la produced, jetting the money by taxing proces sorspackers, canneries, elevators, elevators, etc. who In turn will pass the tax on to the consumer. - The farmer, if ordered to, will HAVE to reduce his production. The processor. If ordered to, will HAVE to pay the tax. si .rtrv nf agriculture, If he 1 chooses, can go to any farmer and tell hlra he la raising too much corn er too much cotton, or too much -wheat. In order to prevent thla over-pro ductlon, he can lease a psrt of the farmer's land, paying "the rent to tne farmer. Thla land may then be per ' Bitted to He Idle as long as the secre tary of agriculture seea fit. saewii! secretary of agriculture, If he 1 wishes, can guarantee- to the farmer a minimum price for all of his products raised for the domestic market. If that la done. ANY BUYER who paya leas than the minimum price parned becomes a law violator ana May be sent to Jail. HiHE secretary of agriculture may 1 instruct cotton growers to let their land He Idle, Instead of putting out to crop In which event. It Is 10 be sssumed. the price of cotton would rise. From the government's present cot. ton holdings, he can sell to cotton growers a supply of cotton at present prices. They can sell thla cotton at the higher price that would be pre- turned to follow limitation of cotton acreage, thus realizing the prollt they would normally expect to make from growing a crop. THESE are only a few of the things the secretary of agriculture may do under the provislona of the farm relief bill. Hla powers, under It, are practically limitless. They are greater than the powers ver placed In one man's handa be fore In the history of this country. AND REMEMBER that these powers over sgrlculture that are given to the secretary of agriculture ac company almllarly Umltlesa powers over money and credit that are given to the prealdent. ; When you remember all' thla, you will be able to see that In a deter mined effort to break up the defla vtlonary processes of the depression wo are setting our feet Into paths never trod before since the founding ef thla nation.' .. We are making history fast. ON THE DAY following the passage of the farm bill, with It Infla tion rider, by the senate, the etock market surged up strongly. Wheat climbed six cent a bushel In Chicago, reaching a po'nt Just under 75 cent. Cotton rose a, pass ing 130 a bale for the first time Ince last September. Silver, tin, cop per, coffee, sugar, hides, cocoa, silk and rubber registered strong ad vances. . Out here In thla country firm of fere of 15 cents a pound were made for wool, with few takers. There la optimistic talk to the effect that wool lPo&UAueg OA ul M I BY QUICK I Assistant Attorney General Succumbs in Doctor's Of fice After Brief Illness During Morning Hours EUGENE, May ? (AP) A Jury of six men and six women was com pleted In circuit court here this afternoon to hear the murder trial of Llewellyn A. Banks and Ills wife, Edith R. Banks. The Jurors follow: Madge A. Addi son, Isaac J. Yates, will T. Towns end, Charles E. Aahby, Pearl Wicks, Mrs. D. D. Conley. Mrs. Lucy Ludford, Mrs. Mjt! B. Mplitfoot, J. A. Phelps, Soren Wlntlier, I.. K. Pace and Mrs. Jessie Bertsch. Two alternatives be ing questioned were Raymond Dun ning and Lee Young. EUGENE, Ore., May 2. (AP) William 8. Levens, aged about 88, former director of prohibition in Oregon, died here today. ..evens was here as assistant at torney general, directing the prosecution in the murder trial of Llewellyn A. Banks. He died after being taken to a doctor's ofMce here shortly after court convened following the noon recess. Mr. Lerens died shortly before 2 o'clock In a local doctor's of fice. He had not been In the Banks trial proceedings during the morning hecause of not fpellng ,, ttell. ' - Ralph E. Moody, old friend ot Mr. Sevens, and associated with Mr. teven In the handling of the case for the state, will carry on. It was said. The courtroom was stunned hy announcement of Mr. Levens' death, but It was decided to fin ish drawing of the Jury and then' adjourn. The Jury Is nearly drawn and the case Is expected to hear opening statements Wednesday morning. Levens was formerly district attor ney of Baker county. He was ap pointed state prohibition enforcement officer and In 1028 ran for attorney general of Oregon. He was regarded as a. liberal, but was unrelenting In his attempts to enforce prohibition. He was appointed prohibition com missioner in 1925 while still prose cutor of Baker county, taking office at a time when the enforcement of the dry laws was In a chaotic condi tion. Arriving from Baker by train, he was met by reporters who asked him If he planned any radical changes. "Radical?" he queried. "I couldn't be radical If I wanted, to be; I don't know how." EUGENE. Ore.. May 2 (AP) With five "challenges" left to the defense and three to the state, the selection of a Jury was nearlng completion In the Banks case here Tuesday morn ing. Llewellyn A. Banks and his wife, Edith R. Banks, are facing a first de gree murder charge and as the state and defense saw their "challenges" thinning down and the Jury nearly seated, they were training their big guns on the few remaining Jurors with renewed Intensity. Persecution Claim Stressed The defense, which Intimated it would use "persecution to a point of desperation" aa Its theme, continued this line of questioning today but (Continued on . Page Pour) DOGS KILL 63 SHEEP IN RAID ON NEARBY RANCH Sheep killing dogs were on the rampage In the vicinity of the Wea terlund orchards Sunday night, kill ing 63 sheep belonging to C. J. Phil lip! and John Rohr, according to com plaints lodged with the county court. Twenty-three sheep were found In one pile, where the dogs had killed them, torn them to pieces 'and left them. Many of the aheep killed were lambs. The two men applied to the county court for compensation on the sheep. ! as recent laws provide for the owners of sheep killed by docs to be patd their Ioas out of the fund provided by dog licenses. The fund la now almost depleted, according to County Commissioners Emmett Neaion and Ralph Billings. m the HcfriA on dozs has been low- I ered so far the revenue is cut down a commissioner regueated that EDFORD i mm reiiic mm Woman Heckles During Inflation GERMANY'S LABOR HUMB OF T BERLIN, May 3. (AP) Chancellor Hitler's Brownshirts, by surprise and storm, took the last hurdle today on the road to nazl domination of the labor movement by occupying head quarters of the free trade unions throughout Germany. Socialist leaders of the unions, which have 5 500,000 members, were arrested. The trade unions of the future are to be made national, rather than in ternational In character, Nazi leaders said. Having previously smashed the social-democratic party, the nazis realized socialism's backbone the trade unions still moved mentally In ideology of Marxism, even though leaders tried outwardly to swing them into line with the new concept of Germany. In Berlin, the nazl storm troops occupied the national headquarters of the union and the gigantic build ing of the metal workers' union. Prominent federation leaders ar rested were President Theodor Lei- part. Vice-President Peter Grassman. and Rudolf -Wisaell,'-former minister of labor. Grassman figured promi nently as labor's representative dur ing negotiations leading to adoption of the Dawes plan. ASHLAND C. OF C. LOCAT ASHLAND, May S.(Spl.) Ashland chamber of commerce opened In Its new location In the Commercial Cen. ter building on Main atreet, Monday, with a staff of three In charge. Secretary Tom cunning will be aa- alsted by Mildred Beeson. who will act aa secretary and assistant regis trar of out-of-state cars, while Mary Beatty will handle registration work almost exclusively. The office will be open from 7 o'clock a. m. to 9 each evening. A large sign which will extend across Main street la being Installed Thla sign Is being augmented by the official state registration signs and other signs will be Installed later. The change In registration hours from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. to the earlier and later hours and Sunday service, is the same as hss been made each year on May 1. BAFFLES DOCTORS LOS ANGELES. May 3 (UP) The one -a -minute sneezes of Rhea Na thanson, 16-year-old school girl, con fronted physicians with a baffling problem of diagnosis today. Tht patient has been sneezing since last Friday and all attempts to halt the attack have failed. owners of police dogs keep their dogs up at night, as the tracks left at the slaughter Indicated It was done by police dogs. Police dogs, when killing sheep, also work silently, they said, which further Indicated thla type of dog had done the killing. The dogs did not eat any of the sheep, but killed merely for the Joy I of killing.' Many of the lambs had j been grabbed by the back and shook i until dead, aa dog kills a squirrel, j Numerous sheep have been found killed by dogs recently, but this kill- ing Is the largest reported for many years. The sheep are herded during the daytime, the men said, which guards them from danger then, but are not herded at night. In view of the Sunday killing. It was also Indicated that it might not be healthy for police dogs to be seen around the Westerlund orchard at I DJjht, in the near future. WLAIL MEDFOKi), OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1933 Mrs. Banks Out for Airing ' 1 ' . " L ' ; ' feli' -' ; ' Jib. I Photo courtesy Register-Guard. Mrs Edith Rolicrtlne Banks, center, wife of Llewellyn A. Banks, who with her husband Is being tried on a first degree murder charge In Lane county. With her are Mrs". J. E. Daniels, left, capable Jackson county ina trim, who accompanied Mrs. Banks here and Mrs. Ella Richardson, right, Eugene police matron, who Is officially In charge tf the Mentor woman. .They watched the Eugene pet parade from the city Hall steps Saturday and consented to pose for a photographer. AS A meeting of the Southern Oregon Boat club was held last evening at the city hall, marked by a record at tendance. Gradual betterment In boating conditions, together with ad vent of spring. Is attracting many new members to the organisation and last night's meeting witnessed the application for a number of new memberships. The main topic of discussion was the annual regatta to be held May 21, at Emigrant lake. It waa strongly urged In this connection that the nrlmarv concern of the committee In charge be that of keeping the public accurately Informed In advance of expected entries aa the entry blanks were actually received, and further, that the program of eventa be so run off as to avoid any delays and long waits between events. The pres ent popular Idea of "a new deal for the people" will not be overlooked. It waa promised. Plans for the annual club picnic were discussed and the date for this event was tentatively set for June 14. One of the innovations marking this "boating picnic," In addition to the regular plana for water sports and gamea, will be that the spot chosen makea It neceassry to use a boat to reach It. Anyone Interested In at tending thla picnic la cordially In vited by the boat club membera to do so, and If notice la given to any 01 the members or to the secretary, Joe Marshall, the committee will arrange for attendance. Next regular meet ing of the club will be June . BASEBALL Pittsburgh Philadelphia 6 0 1 French, Chagnon, Smith, Harris and Grace; Rhem and Davis. H. 15 3 Chicago .............. I New York 0 Werneke and Hartnett; Schumacher, Uhle, Shores and Msncuso. R. H. R Cincinnati 2 7 0 Boston ....... 15 1 Benton, Smith and Lombard!; Brandt, Seibold and Hogan. R. H E, . St. Louis .... 13 H 0 Brooklyn 4 10 3 Batterlea: Dean anH Wilson; Beck, Shaute, Lucas and Bukefortb. Outen. American. R. H. E New Tort 3 10 0 J Ruffing and Dickey: Msrberry, Hog- set tad DeeayteO, Haffwouh. BRIDGE PUZZLES ARE SOLVED BY Tl NEW YORK, May 3. (AP) Puz- zlea were solved today for some 100,- 000 contract players all over the world; The National Bridge association announced the pars of 16 especially arranged hands used In lta world' wide Olympic last night, pairs which had the greatest number of pars will be given national and sectional titles, Here are the pars: Hand 1 North-south par, four spades bid and made or set one. East west par three spades for opponents. A ruff by east must force a trump honor from south so west can make a trump king. Hand 3 East-west par, seven no trump. Grand slam can be made only at no trump. Hand 3 East-west par, four hearts bid and made. Game possible only in heart by cross-ruff. Hand 4 North-south par, six spades bid and made. End play In diamonds on west. Hand A Bast-west par, sevon spades bid and made. No trump grsnd slam Impossible. Hand 6 North-south par, three no trump bid and made by south. Key play la low spade lead from north hand to south 's Jack. Hand 7 Eaat-west par, six diam onds bid and made. Holdup of club ace to get discard. Hand 8 North-south par, six spades bid and made. Ruff with king of trumps waa safety play. H and 0 Nor th -sou th p ar , four spadea bid and made or set one. East-west par three spades for op ponents, West's lead of king from king-deuce of hearts sets the con tract. Hand 10 North -south par three no trump bid and four made. South must finesse diamond nlrle aa safety play to prevent East getting the lead. Hand 11 East-West par, three no trump bid and made. East must hold up a club winner till north is out of them. , Hand 13 East-West par, six hearts bid and made. Opening little slam bid by Wee;. Approach bidding likely to cause an impossible grand slam contract. Hand 13 East-West par. five clubs bid and made. Trump queen finessed toward ace-ten. I Hand 14 North-South par, four j hearts bid and made. Trump king ' led first. Safety play against bunched trumps. Hand 18 North-South par, four spades bid and msde or set one. East West par three spadea for opponent. Dummy must be forced to ruff so East's king cannot be caught by a finesse. Hand 16 North-South par, six Dealt bid and made. Tripl agueece 1RIBU r Solons Argument PROSPERITY PLANS L WASHINGTON, May 3. (AP) By more than two to one, the house to day in a vote significant of the ap proval It probably will place upon the Inflation question, decided to consider whether It would accept the senate currency expansion measure. It adopted a rule setting aside five hours of debate for the Inflation proposal by a vote of 361 to 113. Opposition by Republican Leader Snell forced Democratic leaders to resort to the rule after objection hacH been voiced to requests that the house agree to a limitation of debate. The rule precludes the offering of amend ments to the measure. A woman who said she waa Miss B. Richmond of Chicago arose In the gallery to Interrupt Chairman Stea gall of the house banking committee as he urged speedy enactment of the proposals. "This U an emergency measure, Steagall said when the woman arose, stood In the aisle and called: "At the present rate, you'll keep going s million years and never get out of thla depression." Representative Cochran (D.. Mo.) who was presiding, banged hla gavel ana snouted: "Get the sergeant-at-arms, the ser- geant-at-arms." John S. Orth, cashier of the Med ford National bank since 1906, re signed hla position at the bank yes terday to go to eastern Oregon where he will operate the James Pel ton ranch, of which he la executor. Orth will keep hla Interest In the bank here. George T. Prey waa named to fill Orth's place aa cashier. Prey having been assistant cashier for the past nine years, prey came to the Med ford National bank from the First National bank of Salem. In the 36 years that Orth served as cashier of the Medford National bank he ha made thousanda of friends, and has seen the bank grow from a small beginning to one or the best known Institution of the state. Pending disposal of a few business matters here, Orth will leave In the near future for the eastern Oregon ranch. No other changes In the bank's of ficers were made, J. A. Perry remains a president, A. C. Hubbard, vice president, and Clara Wood, assistant cashier. CAPITAL AGOG AS BEER CENTERS ENTER BATTLE By HARRY FEROl'SON . (United Press Staff Correspondent.); WASHINGTON, May 3. (UP) The capital today la agog, awaiting i solution of the world-ahaklng prob lem of whether St. Loula or Mil waukee makea the better beer. By 10:30 p. m. Jurors will Inscribe their verdict on the imperishable pages of history after scientifically Imbibing enough of each brand to avoid the charge of Jumping to con clusion without adequate and care ful consideration of the evidence. Rep. Cochran of Missouri, who la backing the St. Louis brew, was Jus one big bundle of nervea this morn ing. "We may not win," he waa reported to have said in a be fore -the -buttle statement, "but if we don't our op ponents will know they have been in a fight." Rep. Cannon of Wisconsin, who has mortgsaed hla fhture on a vic tory for Milwaukee, seemed calm enough on the surface. But In an unguarded moment he was heard to mutter, "St. Louis, bahl" which was generally interpreted as Indicating considerable mental tension. Jurors are to consist of the mem bers of the senate and house press galleries. The trial will be held at tba National fxcgp lufe s4 ftb fed NE Prosecutor Dies W. S. (BI1LY) LEVENS, appointed aa special prosecutor in the Jackson county political fuss by Governor Meier, who died suddenly In Eugene this afternoon, made many friends during his short stay In Jackson county. Levens waa appointed to handle the prosecution In the Banks mur der trial, and to handle prosecution in the ballot theft cases to follow. He had interviewed many persons in obtaining evidence in the cases, and left friendships wherever he went. While here he made his headquar- ten at the Jackson county court house, where he worked with District Attorney George Codding, and assis tants George Nellson and Ralph Moody. IN HIGHER VOLUME Tax collections Monday, went well over the ais.ooo mark, and prospects are that collections for the remainder of the time for payment will exceed thla amount dally. - Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company's check for $7000 was the largest alngle payment Monday, with other payments ranging down to a few dollars. Many payments have been sent In by mall, but haven't been posted, as yet. Payments are about 60 per cent ot last year'a pavmenta, It Is reported at the taxcollectlon offlcea. PAYS $39,944TAX A check for $30,044, taxes for the past year, was received bv the coun ty from the Southern Pacific rail road company this afternoon, accord ing to the tax collection department at the county courthouse. Receipt of the check dispelled recent rumors that the Southern Pa cific company was going to default on taxes, and gave a brighter hue to the future of county finances. Several other aleable checks were received by the county yesterday, In cluding a check for more than $1000 lfrom the Union Oil company. of a bung-starter will call the ses sion to order promptly at 7:30. The taking of evidence will begin Imme diately. Tour correspondent, a pretty busy fellow, has consulted hla conscience and decided that times being what they are this la no occasion shirk responsibility by refusing to do Jury duty. Other veniremen feel the same way about it. In public-spirited fashion, they have decided to forego the study of cotton production report for April, figures on Federal Reserve gold holdings and the census bureau's analysis of the population statistics for Scranton, Pa., just for thla one evening. As we go to press, Jury bribing is pretty prevalent. Cochran is offering three corned-beef sandwiches on rye, with mustard thrown In, for each and every vote. Cannon retaliated with a proposition to load down a table with Milwaukee sausage and buns. provided eafh juror msde his own sandwich. The whole controversy began at the time the beer bill was In the house Cochran said St. Louis was the beer capital of, the U. S. A., and that made Cannon's blood bol 1 . Bverrbody knew, he said, that Milwaukee waa the Munich of the new world, and tba. could prove ifc. Paid-Up Circulation People who pa; for their newspapers ar tb but proepecta for the adver tisers. A. B. O. circulation la paid up circulation. Tbla newspaper la A. B. O. No. 35. FROM PURIFIED G. 0. P. Hidden Purpose Behind New Party Organization Is Get ting Rid of Western Pro gressives, Free Thinkers (Copyrighted by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) . By PAIL MAIXON. WASHINGTON, May a. The hW purpose behind thla new Republican Federal AMOclatea Is to get rid ot the western Progressives. The Idea apparently came from tha ' brain of Walter Brown, ex-postmast- -er general. He favora a purified Re publican party without those free thinkers who bolted last time to Roosevelt. The old Hoover crowd forma tha nucleua of the new organisation. Among those prominently absent' from the setup are Charles Hlllaa (the Coolldge wing) and Republican Floor Leader McNary (the modem western wing.) Apparently not enough wings ar left to fly very far. Yams about the new outfit quar reling with tfie Republican national committee are purely Imaginative. Chairman Sanders has been In on the Republlaan Federal Associates since shortly after the election wa over. It waa felt, however, that th Hoover-Mills group would move against the westerners mora effect ively aa a separate organization. They ' will go Into states like Nebraska and Wisconsin and build up the regulsr Republican outfit In an effort to prevent the Progressives from win ning Republican party primaries next year. Of course no announcement of this Intention will be made and It' may even be denied. It will however be apparently to all within th next few months. Th same boya tried to get tjh Pro gressives kicked out of Republican committee assignments last fall. They (Continued on Page Seven) 4 Joe Stlne, arrested Sunday on s vagrancy charge, pleaded guilty when arraigned In Justice court yesterday, and sentence waa postponed until . Saturday. Officers found seditious papers on Stlne when he was arrest ed. It la alleged, and further Investi gations will beLmade before sentence Is passed. WILL ROGERS NEW YORK, May 1. Did you ever go to a dinner and have to stand up, and not even get any dinner! Well I did Saturday night at the Gridiron dinner to President Roosevelt. It was sure worth it. Those Washington newspaper men are the cleverest ones we have. They have the cleverest skits and take-offs on our publio men. This one was a great show. It's a pity they don't arrange to do 'em before a regular au dience, for those prominent men there miss many a gag. I know a regular audience would bo twice as keen and appreci ative. I think it's because each man in Washington is go en grossed in his own sphere that he is not so well up on all topics as the average reader. And these sketches cover everything. Ogden Mills and the president both ,made good speeches. I think those things do a lot of good to help keep those old big boys' feet on the ground. But, ssy, I would stand on my head to see another one. Tours, J MM MISSING v
