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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
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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
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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
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Woman Heckles
During Inflation
GERMANY'S LABOR
HUMB OF
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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
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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
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Solons
Argument
PROSPERITY PLANS
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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
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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
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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
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