Medford Mail Tkib(jne The Weather Forecast: Unsettled, probably with bowers tonight and Thursday. Lit tle change In temperature. Highest yesterday 86 Lowest thia morning S9 Paid-Up Circulation People who pay for their newspapers are the best proepecu (or the sdver tisers. A. B. O. circulation la paid up circulation. This newspaper u A. B. o. Twenty-eighth Year 'MEDFOKJJ, OREGON, "WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1933. No. 42. n Heavy Toll of Life as South Swept by Cyclones E OT jSEUEF I iljl" ra E TO E Cost of Production Provision Stricken at Insistence of t Administration Presi dential Signature Soon WASHINGTON, May 10. (AP) The Norrla-Slmpaon cost of produc tion amendment, to which the ad ministration objected, waa stricken from the farm bill by the senate to day, sending the bill to President Roosevelt, The bill Includes a section which gives President Roosevelt wide powers to expnnd the currency. The Norris-Slmpson cost of produc tion provision, opposed by Secretary Wallace, came out aa the senate yield ed to house insistence that It be re moved. Thlst together with an earlier vote of 63 to 38 approving the report ot senate and house conferees, who pre viously had agreed on every section except the production cost plan, au tomatically sent the bill to President Roosevelt. Norrls Gives Up. Senator Norrls (R., Neb.) who had championed the production cost plan in the senate, called on colleagues to reject his amendment. "The house rejected this amend ment by an oerwhelmtng majority. Norrls said. "I would have liked to have seen It stay in. but that looks like an Impossibility." Senator Borah (R., Idaho), inter rupted to assert 'the cost of produc tion section Is the most important part of the farm sections." Norrls agreed, but reminded col leagues of the house vote. Wheeler (D., Mont.) appealed to senators not to eliminate the section. Will Sinn Soon. The president is expected to sign the mammoth bill without delay, and arrangements are being made to put the credit Inflation provisions Into effect by purchase In the open market of up to three billion dollars In fede ral bonds. The senate vote on the cost of pro duction amendment was 48 to 33, The measure seeks to lift farm In come to pre-war levels by giving wide power to Secretary Wallace to make marketing agreements, levy processing taxes on baslo commodities, and com pensatory taxes on competing pro ducts. It also proposes to refinance farm mortgages at per tcent In terest through the land bank system. It lists as basic commodities: Cot ton, corn, wheat, hogs, rice, tobacco and dairy products. Refinance Mort-fages. Farm mortgages would be refi nanced through a two billion dollar land bank bond lasue. To aid the farmer further, It pro vides $200,000,000 from the R. P. C, for loans to farmers to enable them to refinance other debts through com- ( Continued on Page Three) 10,000 VETERANS GOING TO CAPITAL WASHINGTON. May 10. (AP) A city of tenta was being erected to day at Fort Hunt, an old army post ten miles from the capital, to house the second encampment of bonus -sceking war veterans. Some two hundred already have been registered. Approximately 200 more were marching from Baltimore. Veterans' leaders say 10.000 will be here by the end of the week when a week-long conclave is to open with the approval of the Roosevelt admin istration. An infantry company from Port Meade. Maryland, is setting up the kitchens will leed the bonus march tents for 8000 at Fort Hunt. Field ers. Bus service Into the city, It was reported, has been arranged. Two rival groups of leaders claim recognition. Leaders of the veterans expeditionary force have negotiated with the White House for use of the army fort. Leaders of the Bonus Ex peditionary Force, Inc.. say they will march thetr followers, including those en route from Baltimore, .into Washington and throw themselves upon federal resources. FE FISHING LICENSES ASKED BY PETITIONS SALEM. May 10 (AP) Petitions signed by about 300 residents of Jackson county a-Ostng that unem ployed In that district be granted free fishing licenses during the pres ent season, were received by Governor Julius L. Meier today. The governor has referred the mat ter to the state game commission, with request the matter be given CQEtHerajloq, BLAZE OF UNDETERMINED ORIGIN A spectacular fire gutted the ferryboat Peralta, destroyed a score of electric Interurban cars and burned down the Key System terminal on the Oakland side of San Francisco bay at a loss estimated at $3,000,000. In addition commuter service between San Francisco and Oakland was disrupted. Upper photo shows some of the cars ablaze, while below Is -the Peralta as It looked after being swep by the flames. . (Associated Press Photos ' Admission of Revolver as Evidence Seen as Blow To Banks Case Defense Gun Found Under Womans Coat Bolsters Premeditation Contention by State in Prescott Slaying By ARTHUR PERRY EUGEN, Ore., May 0. Circuit Judge George P. Sktpworth of Lane county, .hearing the murder trial of L. A. Banks, former Medford orchardlat, news paper publisher and agitator, and his wife, Edith Robertlne Banka, Tuesday morning granted tho state the right to admit aa evidence the 38-calibre pistol, a cattrldge belt, holster and a handful of shells found on the after noon of March 18 last on a cot In ihe hallway of the Banka .home. The weapon and shells and paraphernalia were found hidden beneath a woman's coat with a, fur collar. The court, In oxerrultng the objec tions of the defense to the introduc tion of the evidence, held that the pistol and paraphernalia "were com petent as evidence to show the Intent and preparation of the defendants, and the fact that the pistol waa found five or six hours after the com mission of the crime In no wise af fects Its admissibility. The defend ants are charged with first degree murder, and premeditation and delib eration are necessary element of the state's case.' The court held that, though the crime has been shown as committed with a rifle, It la within the "prov ince of the state to show by compe tent evidence the presence of other weapons that tend to show Intent, premeditation, preparation and delib eration." Moody Shines On Argument Arguments for; the state were pre sented by Assistant Attorney General Ralph E. Moody in a masterly man ner, and his mellow, booming voice at times arose to a dramatic pitch. Attorney Moody cited several simi lar cases, Including one In New Jer sey and two in this state. In support of his position. The msln point of the state's con tention as sustained were: That the presence of the revolver at the scene of the crime tended to jhow "Vie existence of a conspiracy. backed by a deliberate and premedi tated plan. In which both defend ant took part." "And it was found where you would least expect to find It hidden beneath a woman's coat." That the admission of a weapon m evidence, other than the death weapon, was no error on the part of (Continued on Page Elz) . First Straw Hat Seen In Portland PORTLAND, May 10. (UP) The first atraw hat of the year appeared on Portland's street yesterday, as the sun burst Its wsy through overhang ing clouds. TVie weather men reported a maxi mum of 58 degrees ana predicted fKSp sfeQwere, PRESENTATION OF STATE'S EVIDENCE T! By ARTHUR PERRY EUGENE. Ore., May 9. By agree ment between the counsel for state and defense, in the murder trial of L. A. Banks and his wife, Edith Rob ertlne Banks, the court recessed Tues day afternoon at 3:40 oclock until Thursday morning at 9:30 o'clock. Assistant Attorney General Moody informed the court that the state would be able to finish lte direct case by Thusrday evening. Captain Lee M. Bown, in charge of state po lice for the southern Oregon district, in charge of the collection of evi dence In the murder case, and also the Jackson county ballot theft case, will be the final witness for the state. He la expected to be on the stand most of Thursday. There are also to be a half dozen rebuttal witnesses for the state. Chief Defense Counsel Lonergan In formed the court that the delay would be advantageous to the defense In marshalling Its witnesses and that the recess would be made up by the speed with which they could later present their witnesses. It is now thought that the case will enter the final arguments next Monday at the opening of court, and that It will be In the hands of the Jury not later than next Tuesday noon. Transcripts of the records of the case, as prepared by the clerk of Jackson county and transmitted to the clerk of Lane county, were pre sented by Vie state Tuesday afternoon but admission - was denied by the court on the grounds of Immaterallty. A certified copy of the appointment of Ralph E. Moody as auf?tant at' DESTROYS PIER DANGERED BY AXE Unless something Is done Immedi ately by the state of Oregon to pre serve the timber along the Crater Like highway between Prospect and the forest service boundary, a stretch of about four and one-,half miles, the timber may be cut and sawed into lumber by the end of the summer, according to E. C. Solinaky. superin tendent of Crater Lake national park, who returned from Portland this morning. Negotiations between the Rogue River Timber company, owners of the timber, and the state highway com mission, have been going on for sev eral months in an effort to effect a trade, of timber between the forest service and the Rogue River Timber company so the timber along the highway can be preserved. Such trade, according to officials of the timber company, la out of the ques tion, as the 'orest service has no timber to offer for trade that the timber company could take, and cut at this time. Immediate need of fin ances to pay taxes and repay bonded indebtedness makes It Imperative for the timber company to liquidate now. The forest service, according to Its officials in Portland, has no timber to trade that could be cut and marketed now. Two proposals are before the state highway commission. One Is to buy a 1000-foot strip of timber from Prospect to the forest service boun dary, and the other Is to buy the timber between Rogue river and Mill creek, thus creating a park of some 5000 acres, which would remain for generations as one of the most beau tiful strips of sugar pine and Doug las fir In the northwest. Unless action to purchase the tim ber from the Rogue River Timber company la taken Immediately, cut ting of timber will start before tour ist travel starts. Contracts for the cutting of 10,000.000 feet of the tim ber are now ready to sign, and log- gtng contractors are ready to move onto the grounds. By the end of the summer the now beautiful strip of timber will be nothing but stumpage, according to officials, and tourists will drive from Prospect to the forest service boundary through stumps and brush Instead of through the forest. The Rogue River Timber company recently made a tax payment of bout 9000 on this timber, and bonded indebtedness is due. The timber must be sold, they say, either to sawmills or to the state. Young Attorneys Seek Admission SALEM. May 10. (AP) About fifty applications have slresdy been re ceived by the supreme court from would-be sttorneys for admission to the bar. Examinations will be held st the cspitol July 11 and 12. It was aQnpuacei, STRANGETRIBE Returning Explorer Tells of 'Lost' Indian Tribe, Last Fading Remnant of Once Great Mayan Civilization By H. ALLEN SMITH in4(H ! stnff Pnrrpsnondent NEW YORK, May 10. (UP) Count Byron ue rroroa, w.uw ei;viu m ruins of Carthage, returned to New York today from the wilds of Central America with a tale of a "lost tribe" of Maya Indiana who spend the great er part of their time fighting over women. ThL tribe the Lacandons consti tutes, rha int. furiine remnant of the great Mayan civilization and. accord ing to Count FroroK, cannot, survive for long. There are about ten vll taaat Ki t rri nvr a hutze territory where Yucatan borders Mexico. The men outnumber the women oy at i ...... . ,n An anH a. conneouence each village la permanently at war wiin x-ne resi. Great Tomb Found i-Vktinf tmmir . - tall, handsome Frenchman who has been famous as an archaeologist since he was 30, also Mnnriri fh rtlMVtverv of a ereat tomb which he will explore further this fan and wnicn ne nenevea w be the "King Tut Tomb of America." us Mnvimvri that the creat mound .holds the bones and treasure of Gua- temoc, nephew of Montezuma, ana last of the Aztec emperors. Guatemoc was capiurea oy vui w., the explorer explained, and at Mexico City the -last of the emperors was tortured., cortezs men ournea ma legs off In an effort to learn the hid ing place of the treasure. May Hold Treasure rvH-w mn tank Guatemoo With him ni Vile, atftl 1 Ml WKTY. maiCh. aiming at the conquest of all South America. At a point some 1300 miles south of Mexico City. Guatemoc was hanged, and the Indiana were given his body. t rt-mm v aywirrilnc to'leeend. that they built the tomb for their last leader. Count Prorok: and his fellow explorers believe the tomb may hold Immense treasures ana iney nope w explore It before the year Is out. 1 The Lancadon Indians live near this tomb. They live in thatched huts or in the trees, and their most formidable weapon la the poisoned fi-Aw Th nnifton i obtained from a certain tree, which is tapped, the arrows being siuck into wie ganea of the tree. ' Tribe of Pygmies tvi. Hnrflrjjs of women, has been acute for centuries, the explorers be- ai Kjtoanaa rtf lnhroedlniT. the race has degenerated Into a tribe of pygmies, little more inTeuigeot animtaU Thai T .flT-fll On are ITIODOZ- amoua, although It la common for a tribesman to marry nm own moiner or grandmother, Count Prorok said. riruisitH that tnsre were at least 1.000,000 L&cadons, but Count Prorok's expedition aiacoverea man nnlv hnllt. 1 OOO HTM left. BelnK COn- ! stantly at war with one another this number la decreasing and m tne ena the explorers believe the tribe will disappear. pray to sun Th. TnHiina hnvA their own lan- s.a anH that r1lfflrm tit annarentlv an offshoot of the Mayan religion. They pray 10 me sun ana ww mm gods and burn Incense. They .have small, crude temples, nut the explor ers were not permitted to enter t,hem and most of their inquiries concern ing their religion went unanswered. It la known, however, that In the time of Corten the Lacadons were cannibals. ' Count Prorok, who used three planes In his expedition, convinced the Indians that his group meant ham via harm tnsr InaHintT thum rtftWTl with cheap presents, most of which were purcnasea in o-sna-iv-ceni, GANDHI UPSET BY F POONA, fndls. Msy 10. (AP) The Mahatma, Gandhi,' whose three weeks' fast la Just beginning, ahowed symp toms of nausea this evening. A well known Bombay physician was summoned to Poona by Gandhi's friends, who fesr that ths fast, start ed Monday In protest against treat ment of the lowest clssses, msy cost him bis life. The Mahatma la passing the period of the fast In the sumptuous Poona bungalow of a devoted follower, Lady Vlttal das Thsckerray. widow of a Bombay merchant. The 3-year-old nationalist was taken there last night from Ye rods prison. He wsa released from the prison, where he waa held 16 months for his civil disobedience campaign against the government, a few hours after start-DC b i. BASEBALL I American Klrst giune: Philadelphia - - 3 1 Detroit. - 2 1 Cain and Cochrane; Marborry, Myatt, and Deautela. B. H. B New York J 1 Chlcaco 10 14 1 Gomez, MaoPayden. Jablonow&KI and. Jorgcns; Jones and Berry. - National (Second game) Cincinnati 4 0 Philadelphia 3 B 0 Johnson and Henuley, Lombard!; A. Moore and Todd. (First game) Cincinnati 10 14 1 Philadelphia 7 18 3 Lucas. Kolp and Lombardl; Elliott, Llska, Hansen and Davis. St. Louis at New York. Chicago at Brooklyn, Pittsburgh at Moston post poned; rain. T UUOBNB, Ore., May 10. (p) To 18 witnesses, regarded by the supersti tious as an ill-fated number, the de fense will trust Its case when the state rests In the Banka trial late Thursday afternoon. Thtrteen people have been sub poenaed by the defense to tell Banks' side of the atory, and they will be on hand to begin their testimony Thurs day if the state completes Its case as Ralph Moody, chief prosecutor, has intimated. On motion of both counsels, the trial waa recessed today to give both sides time to muster their witnesses for the next stages of the battle. It la not expected, however, that the trial will, be ended before nt least another two weeks. The myatery note, "Mother to Dad dy," may figure in the state's closing strategy Thursday, for Moody has n tl mated he will make another at tempt to get It before the Jury. "We will make every effort to pre vent the note from being Introduced." said the defense counsel today. "Ita origin has not been proven and the Judge has already ruled against It." The note, purportedly written by Mrs. Llewellyn A. Banka to her hus band, preceding the shooting of pres cott, has to do with the proposed "stand" against the law and suggests the Banks home as the most favor able locale, it is understood. Although Wednesday was a day of rest for court officials, It waa Just another day of work for the atate and defense attorneys. Moody, chief pros uec tor, was preparing to fire his final blasts of testimony, and Lee Bown, captain of the state police 1n Medford, is expected to take the stand. Bown has figured prominent ly In most of the testimony to date. With Phil Lowd. Jackson county dep uty sheriff, Bown arrested Banka and took him to . the Grants Paas Jail following the shooting. Bown la ex pected to give further revealing tes timony against the defendants. Will the defense enter an insanity plea? Among other things, insanity and paranoia will be brought In, but the defense will not make Its stand on this point alone. "We will show that Mr. and Mrs. Banks were not guilty on the mur der indictment, and we will intro duce several points to prove It," said a spokesman for the defense. "We will not make our stand on Insanity alone, although Banks was not ie sponslble for his actions at the time of the shooting." 'Superstitious about our 13 wit nesses? Of course not. However, If others are needed we will call them, and it la possible that several others will be brought here to take the stand when we get our Inning In court." FIENDISH MURDER TOLD BY SCHOOL BULLY'S PAL KBW YORK, Msy 10. JPt In a Queens courtroom today a 16-year-old school 'soy ast 'Stolidly listening whi:e his erstwhile playmates gave testimony on which the state Is ask ing that he be sent to the electric chair for murder. John Miller, aged 10, the atste's star wltneis, began the recital yes terday, telling the court and Jury that Harry Murch, described as "the play ground bully," roped and tied 13-year-old Willie Bender and stabbed him to death because Willie had "snitched' on him. "I went to school with Hsrry." John said. "He lived about two blocks from my house, and I saw him after school on Jsnuary 31. We were at the corner butcher shop talking, and I asked him If he was going to 'take' the Bender boy. Hsrry said: "Yes. I'm going to get Bender for telling It sll around that I hit an old lady over t&e bead. BY FALLEN TREES Whole Families Perish As Twisters Wreak Havoc in Tennessee and Kentucky Rescue Work Hampered (By the Associated Press.) Tornadoes along the border of Ten nessee and Kentucky last night brought rcporta of deaths to 61 per sons and Injuries to scores of other persons. The dead In Kentucky: Monroe county 11; Adair county, 3; Russell county, 20. In Tennessee; Wilson county, 3; Overton county, 36. Beaty Swamps, In Overton county, near Livingston, Tenn., was hard hit with 36 known dead. The report of the Russell county dead came to the Kentucky Advocate at Danville through the Red Cross. LIVINGSTON, Tenn., May 10 (AP) At least 35 persons were killed and an undetermined numbrr injured in tornadoes that swept sections oi iwn tucky and Tennessee late last night. The heaviest toll of life was taken at the settlement of Beaty Swamps, near Livingston, where 26 - persons were known dead. Near Lebanon, about B0 miles distant, two negroes lost their lives. Six wero known to have porlahed at Tomkinsville, Ky. and one at Columbia, Ky. The storm waa reported to have swept the village ot Bethsalda, on the Overton -Picket county line in Tennessee, Hut all communication lines were doll"afid' the extent of the damage could not be dotermlned. At 10:30 a. m., 12 bodies had been brought to an undertaking establish ment here and ambulances were dis patched for other dead In Beaty Swamps. Returning from a trip to Beaty Swamps, C. O. Gore, Livingston at torney, described the country aa being 'swept so clean that it iooks hk the Argonne forest." 'Houses wereblown away and trees blown down and piled In heaps," he contlmied. "The country roada are so muddy that cars and ambulances can't run and the main highways are blocked by trees. Many families are Injured so seriously that they can't be removed from their wrecked houses." Several entire families perished, in cluding the Cole family of nine per sons Mr. and Mrs. Una Colo and their seven children. All doctors in Livingston and Burdstown rushed to the stricken area to care for the injured. GLASGOW, Ky., May 10. (AP) Thirteen persona were known today to have been killed by a tornado that swept through Monroe county, Ken tucky, south of here last nignt bring ing death to eleven and killing two others In Adslr county, Kentucky. A Bed Cross report received by the Kentucky Advocate at Danville, sslrf 20 were killed nesr Russell Springs, Russell county. The tornsdo. which lster swept across the Tennessee border, flrat cen tered Its force on Tompklnsvllle. Ky., property damage In that town was cstlmsted st $100,000. The wind cut a swath through there soms 200 yards wide, blowing down 30 houses In the white residential section and sbout twice that many In the negro sec tion. Oregon weather. Unsettled tonight and Thursday, with local showers in west portion snd snow over ths mountslna; little chsnge In temperature; moderate north, winds offshore. "1 told him I didn't want to go with him, but he aald If I didn't he would do the same thing to me. "Harry said, 'Come on. let's go and ge the rope and the rags." Then he got them out of sn old basket In the garage. He tore the cloth In strips and put them In his pocket snd put the rone under his coat. He had a knife In his pocket, snd he told me, This Is the, knife I'm going to do the Job with.'" They met Willie about a half block from home and John ssld the three lhi'. proceeded to an empty house, where Harry first tied him up "Harry told Willie to yell, and It was kind of faint. Then Harry tied him tighter and told htm to yell again, and Willie tned and It was even fslnter. "Then Hsrry got out his knlis and stabbed Willie." Key Men of Congress Invited to White House for So ciable Conference, Gives Sense of New Importance Br PAUT, MALLOV. Copyrighted hy Mrriure Npwupspw Syndicate. WASHINGTON. M.v in ... velt ts doing soma ntu inhk.. or his own on this wsr debt business. Key men in congress are being In vited to the White House one by one for soclsble consultations. They srs told the President wants to get his views. That Is only half of it. ThO most Imnnrf.nf hat. i. .a.- .-..w ubu la blIBb nothing swells an administration cod- '"'"" cnesc so much as a csll from the Whlta Hm,u rt i. prestige In the cloakrooms and makes mm n uero dsck nome. Polks flock around him to drink im nv.ru uw.h s he relstes: "Now I said to Frank" and "Franklin says to mi." What hannen.rf tn a ,.in n.M- cratlo member ot the house a few days ago shows how the salve works. Tills fellow had been lnnrilv .HFn. eating a pay-up or shut-up policy agaiiia. llio QeDlOTS. JiS ChSnged ItlS i-uno Biver visiung tne White House. He told his comrades thv mn.. re member the French must now psy iour irancs ror esch rrano borrowed In far times. becauM nf th Hifr.tr- enco In money values then and now. nis comraoes thought he must hsvs heard It nfc th miu trn.,.. They sll knew he was not bright enougn 10 thins, it up by himself. That does not mean the nra.lrient will follow a moderation policy on uenia. noooay Knows what Mr. Roose- .uiu win uimo even Mr, Roosevelt. Varying suggestions Ilk the one about the francs have been put out (Continued on Fags Nine) STEEfORDERS . E NEW YORK, May 10. (AP) Un filled orders of the United States Steel corporation Increased 23,573 tons In April to a total of 1,864,574 tons, the corporation announced today. Tna March tonnage decreased 13,198 tons to the lowest level since figures have been Issued. Wall Street had been confident of a fair gain In ths backlog because of msrked Improvement In demsnd for "mi", njjuii was uatOUln1ra thst new buying for a considerable part of April was at a more active rate than the lncresse In production and shipments. The Increase was the first experi enced by the corporation since last October. CARDINALS' FORTUNE TWO MILLION LIRE VATICAN CITY. May 10. (UP) The estate of the late Cardinal Cer- rettl was estimated today at over 2, 000.000 lire. He died of pneumonia yesterday. Airways Waged Boosted. OHIO AGO. May 10. (UP) The American Airways, Inc., one of the unite of the Cord corporation, which made known yesterday that it would Increase wages, announced today that its business increased almost 15 per cent during April. f ail III NEW YORK, Slay 9. Sir. Roosevelt made uo a michty fins speech over the radio Sun day night. He spoke our lan guage not ballyhoo the na tion to prosperity," "nation in a tailspin," "can't make a hit every time we come to bat." And in addition to all this he has the best radio voice in America. . Course ho just read the min utes of the last meeting, but be did it so nice that we didn't hardly notice that he forgot to mention what might be in his mind for the future. Yours, UM Mtftsus' frsJIsste, b